hammock
/ˈhæmək/
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hammock noun: a swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet (1.8 meters) wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.
Noun
hammock (plural hammocks)
- A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet (1.8 meters) wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.
- […] the poore ſaylers, who […] commonly get forthwith into their beds (or hamackoes) reſting their tyred bodies […]1638, Tho[mas] Herbert, Some Yeares Travels Into Divers Parts of Asia and Afrique. […], 2nd edition, London: […] R[ichard] Bi[sho]p for Iacob Blome and Richard Bishop, →OCLC, book I, page 7
- [W]ho vvould not rather Sleep Quietly upon a Hammock, vvithout either Cares in his Head, or Crudities in his Stomach, then lye Carking upon a Bed of State, vvith the Qualms and Tvvinges that accompany Surfeits and Exceſs?1692, Roger L’Estrange, “[Miscellany Fables.] Fab[le] CCCLXXXIII. A Spider and the Gout [Reflexion].”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC...
- A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines.
Verb
hammock (third-person singular simple present hammocks, present participle hammocking, simple past and past participle hammocked)
- To lie in a hammock.
- "I fancied that we — I and who? — hammocked among the summer breezes."1901, Yone Noguchi, The American Diary of a Japanese Girl (wiki article)
- To hang in a way that resembles a hammock.
- "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
- To make something be wrapped tight, like in a hammock.
- "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
- To schedule (a new or unpopular programme) between two popular ones in the hope that viewers will watch it.
Proper noun capitalized: Hammock
Hammock (plural Hammocks)
- A surname.
hammock meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
hammock in Hindi
- swinging couch or bed
- झूला jhūlā, जालीदार झूला jālīdār jhūlā
hammock in Tamil
- swinging couch or bed
- கித்தான்கட்டில் kittāṉkaṭṭil
hammock in Urdu
- swinging couch or bed
- جالی دار جھولا jālī dār jholā, جھولن کھٹولا
hammock in Malayalam
- ഊഞ്ഞാൽ കിടക്ക, തൊട്ടിൽ, തൂക്കുമഞ്ചം
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- hammock in Kannada
- ಜೋಲುಮಂಚ, ಜೋಲಿ
- hammock in Odia
- ହାମ୍ମ୍କ୍, ହାମ୍ମାକ୍, ହାମ୍ମୋକ୍
- hammock in Nepali
- ह्यामक
- hammock in Arabic
- أُرْجُوحَة شَبَكِيَّة
- hammock in Malay
- buaian rajut
- hammock in Persian
- ننو nanu, بانوج bânuj, بادنیج bâdnij
- hammock in Thai
- เปลญวน bplee-yuuan
- hammock in Vietnamese
- võng
- hammock in Myanmar
- ပုခက် pu.hkak
Examples of hammock in a sentence
- That looks like a good spot to sling up your hammock.
- I call dibs on the hammock!
- I had a hammock and a basher, a rain sheet to go over where I was sleeping.
Forms of hammock
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | hammocks |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | hammocks |
| present participle | hammocking |
| past participle | hammocked |
| past | hammocked |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Hammocks |
Origin of hammock
Borrowed from Spanish hamaca, from Taíno *hamaka (compare Lokono hamaka, Wayuu jama'a), from Proto-Arawak *maka. 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.”
Words formed from hammock
Phrases with hammock
Questions about hammock
- What does hammock mean?
- Hammock means a swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet (1.8 meters) wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.
- What is hammock in Hindi?
- Hammock in Hindi is झूला (jhūlā), जालीदार झूला (jālīdār jhūlā). See Hammock meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is hammock?
- Hammock can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce hammock?
- Hammock is pronounced /ˈhæmək/.
- What is the plural of hammock?
- The plural of hammock is hammocks.
Words near hammock in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hammock (page history and authors); Hammock (page history and authors); hammock (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hammock (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hammock (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hammock (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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