"shack-shack" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: shack-shacks [plural]
Etymology: Imitative of its sound. Head templates: {{en-noun}} shack-shack (plural shack-shacks)
  1. (music, Caribbean) A child's rattle, used in various Caribbean folk music traditions. Tags: Caribbean Categories (topical): Musical instruments, Percussion instruments
    Sense id: en-shack-shack-en-noun-qvOUQneE Disambiguation of Percussion instruments: 57 43 Categories (other): Caribbean English Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  2. The seed pod of various trees, especially the wild tamarind, woman's tongue tree (Albizia lebbeck) and flamboyant (Delonix regia).
    Sense id: en-shack-shack-en-noun-~mQn4Vio Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 40 60 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 37 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: shak-shak

Inflected forms

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