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hammocking

hammocking noun: the scheduling of a new or unpopular program between two popular ones in the hope that viewers will watch it. Also the present participle and gerund of hammock.

Noun

hammocking (uncountable)

  1. The scheduling of a new or unpopular program between two popular ones in the hope that viewers will watch it.
    • Hammocking tries to establish a new program, or to recover the audience for a show slipping in popularity […]1994, Sydney W Head, Christopher H Sterling, Lemuel B Schofield, Broadcasting in America: a survey of electronic media
    • Indeed, the acceptance that hammocking and the mixed-schedule is in decline formed an important part of the BBC's argument for new digital channels.2004, Damian Tambini, Jamie Cowling, From public service broadcasting to public service communications

Also used as

hammocking is also the present participle and gerund of hammock.

Questions about hammocking

What does hammocking mean?
Hammocking means the scheduling of a new or unpopular program between two popular ones in the hope that viewers will watch it.
What part of speech is hammocking?
Hammocking is a noun.

Words near hammocking in the dictionary

  1. hammock litter
  2. hammock netting
  3. hammock nettings
  4. hammock-litter
  5. hammocked
  6. hammocking
  7. hammockless
  8. hammocklike
  9. hammocks
  10. hammocky
  11. Hammon

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