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- A home that has been ransacked has had its contents thrown into disarray, and that image may be what inspired people to start using ramshackle in the first half of the 19th century to describe something that is poorly constructed or in a state of near collapse.
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1. Of a person, action, etc.: unsteady, irregular, disorderly. 2. Esp. of a building or vehicle: loose and shaky, as if ready…. Noun. 1. A ramshackle building, vehicle, etc. 2. Scottish and English regional (Lincolnshire).
RAMSHACKLE definition: 1. badly or untidily made and likely to break or fall down easily: 2. badly organized: 3. badly…. Learn more.
The meaning of RAMSHACKLE is appearing ready to collapse : rickety. How to use ramshackle in a sentence. The Evolution of Ramshackle
Definition of ramshackle adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
ramshackle. (ræmʃækəl ) 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A ramshackle building is badly made or in bad condition, and looks as if it is likely to fall down. They entered the shop, which was a curious ramshackle building. 2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
RAMSHACKLE meaning: 1. badly or untidily made and likely to break or fall down easily: 2. badly organized: 3. badly…. Learn more.
1. : in a very bad condition and needing to be repaired. a ramshackle [= dilapidated] old house. a ramshackle [= run-down] neighborhood. 2. : not carefully made or put together. The movie's ramshackle plot is confusing and not believable.
