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shack-shack

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.13 in modern English

Syllables
shack--shack
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A child's rattle, used in various Caribbean folk music traditions.

noun

A seed pod of various trees, especially wild tamarind, woman's tongue tree (Albizia lebbeck) and royal poinciana (Delonix regia).

Etymology

Imitative of its sound.

Inflected Forms

shack-shacks (plural)

Synonyms

shak-shak

Questions

What does shack-shack mean?
A child's rattle, used in various Caribbean folk music traditions.
Where does shack-shack come from?
Imitative of its sound.

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