SHACKY

Meaning of SHACKY in English

■ adjective N. Amer. informal dilapidated; ramshackle.

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SHACKY — ˈshakē adjective : characterized by the presence or semblance of a shack a shacky settlement near the town dump
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHACKY — /shak"ee/ , adj., shackier, shackiest . run-down; dilapidated: a shacky old place. [ SHACK + -Y 1 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TUMBLEDOWN — adj. 25B6; adjective DILAPIDATED, ramshackle, decrepit, neglected, run down, gone to rack and ruin, falling to pieces, decaying, derelict, crumbling; …
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SQUALID — adj. 25B6; adjective a squalid prison : DIRTY, filthy, grubby, grimy, mucky, slummy, foul, vile, poor, sorry, wretched, miserable, mean, …
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SLUMMY
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SHABBY — adj. 25B6; adjective a shabby little bar : RUN DOWN, down at heel, scruffy, dilapidated, ramshackle, tumbledown; seedy, slummy, insalubrious, …
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RICKETY — adj. 25B6; adjective SHAKY, unsteady, unsound, unsafe, tumbledown, broken-down, dilapidated, ramshackle; informal shambly; N. Amer. informal shacky.
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RAMSHACKLE — adj. 25B6; adjective TUMBLEDOWN, dilapidated, derelict, decrepit, neglected, run down, gone to rack and ruin, crumbling, decaying; rickety, shaky, unsound; …
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INSALUBRIOUS — adj. 25B6; adjective SEEDY, unsavoury, sordid, seamy, sleazy, unpleasant, dismal, wretched; slummy, squalid, shabby, ramshackle, tumbledown, dilapidated, neglected, crumbling, decaying; …
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DOWN AT HEEL — 25B6; adjective the resort looks down at heel : RUN DOWN, dilapidated, neglected, uncared-for; seedy, insalubrious, squalid, slummy, wretched; informal …
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