shanty
Meaning of shanty
noun
- A roughly-built hut or cabin.
- A rudimentary or improvised dwelling, especially one not legally owned.
- An unlicensed pub.
verb
To inhabit a shanty.
adjective- Living in shanties; poor, ill-mannered and violent.
That neighborhood is full of shanty Irishmen.
noun
A song a sailor sings, especially in rhythm to his work.
adjective
Jaunty; showy.
Information about shanty
- The plural form of shanty is: shanties.
- Languages in which shanty is used:
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Hyphenation of shanty
shanty
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- shanty is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
shanty synonyms
Meaning hovel:
Meaning chantey:
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Translation of shanty
- Italian: stamberga, capanna, baracca, casupola
- Spanish: tugurio, cabaña, choza
- French: taudis
- Portuguese: barraca
- German: Bude, Hütte, Baracke
Words that rhyme with shanty
banty, Canty, canty, scanty, unscanty, sergeanty, serjeanty, chanty, khanty, janty, Delanty, slanty, manty, osteomanty, panty, Duranty, curranty, guaranty, nonguaranty, quaranty, ranty, reguaranty, sovranty, warranty, peasanty, santy, wanty, Bryanty, bezanty
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