shack.html - {v. phr.}, {slang} To move in with (someone) of the opposite sex without marrying the person. * /Did you know that Ollie and Sue aren't married? They just decided to shack up for a while./ See: LIGHT HOUSEKEEPING.

shack.html - n. & v.
--n.

a roughly built hut or cabin.

--v.

intr. (foll. by up) sl. cohabit, esp. as lovers. [perh. f. Mex. jacal, Aztec xacatli wooden hut]

shack.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a metal loop or link, closed by a bolt, to connect chains etc.
2 a fetter enclosing the ankle or wrist.
3 (usu. in pl.) a restraint or impediment.

--v.

tr. fetter, impede, restrain.

shackle-bolt 1 a bolt for closing a shackle.
2 a bolt with a shackle at its end. [OE sc(e)acul fetter, corresp. to LG shäkel link, coupling, ON skækull wagon-pole f. Gmc]

shack.html - {v. phr.}, {slang} To move in with (someone) of the opposite sex without marrying the person. * /Did you know that Ollie and Sue aren't married? They just decided to shack up for a while./ See: LIGHT HOUSEKEEPING.

shack.html - n. & v.
--n.

a roughly built hut or cabin.

--v.

intr. (foll. by up) sl. cohabit, esp. as lovers. [perh. f. Mex. jacal, Aztec xacatli wooden hut]

shack.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a metal loop or link, closed by a bolt, to connect chains etc.
2 a fetter enclosing the ankle or wrist.
3 (usu. in pl.) a restraint or impediment.

--v.

tr. fetter, impede, restrain.

shackle-bolt 1 a bolt for closing a shackle.
2 a bolt with a shackle at its end. [OE sc(e)acul fetter, corresp. to LG shäkel link, coupling, ON skækull wagon-pole f. Gmc]