Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shotgun shack

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.28 in modern English

Syllables: shot-gun shack
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of shotgun house.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack / And you may find yourself in another part of the world"
"Although preservationists claim the “Shotgun Shack” is one of only two remaining houses of this type on Capitol Hill, the city has condemned the building and ordered it and another house in the same block to be demolished. […]"
"He might actually be able to do something with the shotgun shack that Martina had glimpsed in her single lightning visit to Durrongo since she arrived."

Usage

Colloquial

Inflected Forms

shotgun shacks (plural)

Synonyms

shotgun house

Questions

What does shotgun shack mean?: Synonym of shotgun house.

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