shacky

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adjective

run-down, like a shack

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Meanings

adjectiveshacky (comparative shackier, superlative shackiest)

comparative shackier · superlative shackiest

  1. run-down, like a shack

    The décor will have “a shacky look,” Mr. Abrams said, and the menu will have seaside and raw bar specialties: 79 Macdougal Street (Bleecker Street), (212) 260-0100.

    2009 September 2, “Opening in September”, in New York Times

Origin

From shack + -y.

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APA

shacky. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shacky

MLA

“shacky.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shacky. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shacky,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shacky.

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