ramshack

English

Etymology

First attested in the 1890s.[1] See ransack.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈræmˌʃæk/

Verb

ramshack (third-person singular simple present ramshacks, present participle ramshacking, simple past and past participle ramshacked)

  1. (transitive, chiefly African-American Vernacular, Southern US, Midland US) Alternative form of ransack

References

  1. ^ “ramshack_v?tl”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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