Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913 Ramshackle /(răm"shăk*k'l)/ · Ram·shac·kle · IPA /ˈɹæmˌʃæk.əl/ a. v. t. 01 a. Loose; disjointed; falling to pieces; out of repair. 1. Loose; disjointed; falling to pieces; out of repair. “There came . . . my lord the cardinal, in his ramshackle coach.” — Thackeray. 02 v. t. To search or ransack; to rummage. 1. To search or ransack; to rummage.[Prov. Eng.]