shant noun3 •(UK, slang) A drink, usually a pint.Welcoming Captain St Claire, Prince Rupert ordered him a shant of dark porter and called upon him to speak of his travels. — 2015 •(UK, Ireland) A shack or shanty.Why, I wouldn't swap this old wrack of a shant , ez I've called it, with the treasures it contains to-day, for al the bloomin'est bloomed mansions that ever stood on the face of the earth. — 1889 •(slang, old-fashioned) A place such as a house or other dwelling. The word is effectively confined to the phrase all over the shant.He's spilt it all over t' shant. formsshants