Definition of shack up

shack up

• to hook up in a sexual manner and spend the night with someone. A person who shacks-up may be referred to as a "shacker."

  Who did you shack-up with last night?

  • See more words with the same meaning: sex or not-quite-sex (ambiguous terms).

  Last edited on Jul 25 2013. Submitted by Julie C. from Los Angeles, CA, USA on Apr 12 2002.

• To live together, unmarried. This is a phrase I recall that was used in the 1950's. I don't know if it is still used.

  Tom and Sue decided to just shack up, not get married.

  Last edited on Mar 07 2003. Submitted by Don C. from Greensboro, NC 27410, USA on Mar 07 2003.

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Slang terms with the same meaning

Other terms relating to 'sex or not-quite-sex (ambiguous terms)':
get all up in that	Definitions include: to have sexual intercourse with (usually female).
threesome	Definitions include: a session of sex involving 3 people.
hook	Definitions include: abbreviated form of "hook up".
slice	Definitions include: a slice of paper.
hook up	Definitions include: a person who provides illegal drugs.
sexploit	Definitions include: "sexual exploit".
cut some	Definitions include: to fuck around or freak some.
hootchie cootchie	Definitions include: sex or sexual play.
booty call	Definitions include: a last-minute or previously unplanned request to meet up with someone with the intention of having sex (i.e. getting booty.)
fool around on	Definitions include: to cheat on one's significant other.
booty	Definitions include: sexual contact.
mess around	Definitions include: to engage in sexual activity; "fool around".
sex up	Definitions include: to engage sexually with a person.
fool around	Definitions include: to engage in intimate sexual activities; "mess around".
hoochie coochie	Definitions include: sex or sexual play.
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Other terms relating to 'shack':
shack	Definitions include: to spend the night with someone.
Other terms relating to 'up':
6 up	Definitions include: a warning that one or more law enforcement officers are near.
ace up (one's) sleeve	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
act up	Definitions include: to misbehave.
AFU	Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up."
all done up	Definitions include: well dressed, wearing makeup, etc.
all up in	Definitions include: doing something emphatically.
amped up	Definitions include: energetic due to consumption of a stimulant.
amp up	Definitions include: to increase.
ante up	Definitions include: to contribute one's share.
arse up	Definitions include: to mess up.
as f*cked up as a football bat	Definitions include: 1. To be highly intoxicated on drugs and/or alcohol
*ss up	Definitions include: to make something like ass.
ate up	Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird".
ate up with stupid	Definitions include: stupid.
ate up with the dumb *ss	Definitions include: strange / stupid.
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