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hammock
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish hamaca, from Taíno *hamaka (compare Arawak hamaka, Wayuu jama'a), from Proto-Arawak *hamaka. Columbus, in the narrative of his first voyage, says: “A great many Indians in canoes came to the ship to-day for the purpose of bartering their cotton, and hamacas, or nets, in which they sleep.”
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?hæm?k/
Noun
hammock (plural hammocks)
- A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.
- 1638 Herbert, Sir Thomas Some years travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique
- ...the poore ?aylers, who...commonly get forthwith into their beds (or hamackoes) re?ting their tyred bodies...
- 1638 Herbert, Sir Thomas Some years travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique
- (US, archaic outside dialects) A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines.
Derived terms
- hammock nettings
Translations
Verb
hammock (third-person singular simple present hammocks, present participle hammocking, simple past and past participle hammocked)
- (intransitive) To lie in a hammock.
- 1901, Yone Noguchi, The American Diary of a Japanese Girl (wiki article)
- "I fancied that we — I and who? — hammocked among the summer breezes."
- 1901, Yone Noguchi, The American Diary of a Japanese Girl (wiki article)
- (transitive, of a cloth) To hang in a way that resembles a hammock.
- 2013, Mary Jo Putney, Patricia Rice, Susan King, Christmas Roses: Love Blooms in Winter
- "She hammocked their plaids between the table and the bed, then edged her way past Kenneth as she approached the central hearth."
- 2013, Mary Jo Putney, Patricia Rice, Susan King, Christmas Roses: Love Blooms in Winter
- (transitive) To make something be wrapped tight, like in a hammock.
- 1960, John D. MacDonald, The Only Girl in the Game
- "She hammocked her breasts into her bra, snapped it, hitched at it, and gave herself a profile glance in the mirror."
- 1960, John D. MacDonald, The Only Girl in the Game
Further reading
- hammock on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Swedish
Noun
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- hammock
Declension
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hommock
English
Noun
hommock (plural hommocks)
- Alternative form of hummock
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