noun

1. A roughly-built hut or cabin.

2. A rudimentary or improvised dwelling, especially one not legally owned.

3. An unlicensed pub.

Synonyms: shack, speakeasy

verb

1. To inhabit a shanty.

adjective

1. Living in shanties; poor, ill-mannered and violent.

   “That neighborhood is full of shanty Irishmen.”