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gammock

gammock noun: fun, sport, play, frolic.

Noun

gammock (countable and uncountable, plural gammocks)

  1. (UK, dialectal, uncountable) Fun, sport, play, frolic.
  2. (UK, countable, dialectal) A joke, trick, prank.

Verb

gammock (third-person singular simple present gammocks, present participle gammocking, simple past and past participle gammocked)

  1. (UK, dialectal, intransitive) To romp, frolic, play pranks, lark about; to go partying from place to place.

Forms of gammock

Noun
pluralgammocks
alternative formgammick
alternative formgammik
alternative formgammuk
alternative formgammyk
alternative formgamock
alternative formgamalk
alternative formgammux
alternative formgommack
Verb
third-person singular presentgammocks
present participlegammocking
past participlegammocked
pastgammocked

Origin of gammock

Uncertain. Perhaps from Middle English *gammok, from Old English *gamnoc, *gamenoc (“little game, bit of fun”), equivalent to game + -ock (diminutive suffix). Alternatively, perhaps from Old English *gamnecian, *gamenecian (“to frolic”), from Old English gamen (“sport, amusement”) + -(e)cian (frequentative suffix).

Words formed from gammock

  • gammocky

Questions about gammock

What does gammock mean?
Gammock means fun, sport, play, frolic.
What part of speech is gammock?
Gammock can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of gammock?
The plural of gammock is gammocks.

Words near gammock in the dictionary

  1. gammiest
  2. Gammill
  3. Gammills
  4. gammin
  5. gamming
  6. gammock
  7. gammocked
  8. gammocking
  9. gammocks
  10. gammoid
  11. gammoids

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