Definition of ramshackle Ramshackle
/ɹæˈmʃæˌkʌl/ - [ratmshakul] - ram•shack•le
We found 8 definitions of ramshackle from 6 different sources.
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What does ramshackle mean?
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| ramshackle - in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack" | ||
| bedraggled, broken-down, derelict, dilapidated, tatterdemalion, tumble-down | ||
| damaged harmed or injured or spoiled; "I won't buy damaged goods"; "the storm left a wake of badly damaged buildings" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- ramshackle (a.)
Loose; disjointed; falling to pieces; out of repair. - ramshackle (v. t.)
To search or ransack; to rummage.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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ramshackle
ram′shak′l, adj. tumble-down: ill-made: out of repair—also Ram′shackled.—n. (Scot.) a careless fellow.—adj. Ram′shackly. [Ice. ramskakkr, quite wrong—ramr, strong, very, skakkr, wry, unequal.] -
ramshackle
ram′shak′l, v.t.=Ransack
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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ramshackle
Out of repair and ungainly; disorderly.
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