Word Study
shack up
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb shack up has 1 sense
- shack up(v = verb.stative) cohabit, live together - share living quarters; usually said of people who are not married and live together as a couple; Array is one way to dwell, inhabit, live, populate
Sample sentences:
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CIDE DICTIONARY
shack up, v. i.
- to live together in a sexual relationship, without being legally married. [PJC]
- to live in a cabin, shack, or other crude dwelling. [PJC]
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