Definition of shack

• v. t. - To shed or fall, as corn or grain at harvest.
• v. t. - To feed in stubble, or upon waste corn.
• v. t. - To wander as a vagabond or a tramp.
• n. - The grain left after harvest or gleaning; also, nuts which have fallen to the ground.
• n. - Liberty of winter pasturage.
• n. - A shiftless fellow; a low, itinerant beggar; a vagabond; a tramp.