Meaning

(informal, US, dated) A lean-to or temporary shelter..

Definitions by Sense

1. (informal, US, dated) A lean-to or temporary shelter.
2. (informal, US, dated) A place or building; a store, saloon, or brothel.
3. (informal) Any matter of present concern; thing; or business; most commonly in the phrase the whole shebang.
4. (informal, obsolete) A vehicle.
5. (computing) The character string "#!" used at the beginning of a computer file to indicate which interpreter can process the commands in the file, chiefly used in Unix and related operating systems.

Example Sentences

Their shebang enclosures of bushes.

They say that old pirate, Kingfisher Culpepper, had a stock of the real thing from Robertson County laid in his shebang on the Marsh just before he died.

Along all the roads on the reservation to all the mines, at the crossing of every stream or fresh-water spring, and near the principal Indian villages, an inn or shebang is established, ostensibly for the entertainment of travellers, but almost universally used as a den for supplying liquor to Indians."

I like the book, I like you and your style and your business vim, and believe the chebang will be a success.

On the third the whole "chebang" was removed [...]

"Before I'd share anything with you," he said bitterly, "I’d lose the whole shebang."

[…] So they got into the empty omnibus and sat down. Colonel Jack says: “...What is the name of this.” Colonel Jim told him it was a barouche. After a while he poked his head out in front and said to the driver, “I say, Johnny, this suits me. We want this shebang all day. Let the horses go.”

Word Forms

• shebangs
• chebang
• schebang
• sheebang

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When Should You Use Shebang?

Use shebang when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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