Usually means: Traditional sea songs sung collectively.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. shanties: Merriam-Webster
  2. shanties, shanties: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. shanties: Collins English Dictionary
  4. shanties: Vocabulary.com
  5. Shanties, shanties: Wordnik
  6. shanties: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. shanties: Wiktionary
  8. shanties: Dictionary.com
  9. shanties: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Shanties: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. Shanties: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. shanties: FreeDictionary.org
  13. shanties: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. shanties: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. shanties: The Folk File
  2. shanties: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See shanty as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (shanty)

noun:  A roughly-built hut or cabin.
noun:  A rudimentary or improvised dwelling, especially one not legally owned.
noun:  (Australia, New Zealand) An unlicensed pub.
adjective:  (US, derogatory) Living in shanties; poor, ill-mannered and violent.
verb:  To inhabit a shanty.
noun:  A song sailors sing, especially in rhythm to work, to help coordinate hauling (pulling) at the same time, or to set the pace for continuous activities.
adjective:  Jaunty; showy.
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