be shacked up with (someone)



be shacked up with (someone)

1. To be living or sharing accommodations with someone while having a casual sexual relationship with him or her. I haven't seen my sister in weeks. I hear she's been shacked up with some guy from Oklahoma these days. I was shacked up for a while with a woman I met downtown, but I've been on my own for the last couple of months.
2. To temporarily share accommodations with someone. A: "Do you have a place to stay while you're in town for the wedding?" B: "Yeah, I'm shacked up with my brother and his fiancée for the weekend."
See also: shack, up

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
AbigayleAB-i-gaylEnglish (Modern)
FrankieFRANGK-eeEnglish
Carina (2)kah-REE-nah (German)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German
MarcioMAHR-thyo (Spanish), MAHR-syo (Latin American Spanish)Spanish
Yair-Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Benedek-Hungarian