hamster
/ˈhæm(p)stə/
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British/ˈham(p)stə/
hamster noun: any of various Old World rodent species belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae.
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Noun
hamster (plural hamsters)
- Any of various Old World rodent species belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae.
- The hamster stuffed his puffy cheeks with food.
- Since the pregnancy interceptive agents or the menses regulators may also influence the development of either trophoblasts or the maternal cells (epithelial and stromal) at the embryo attachment site, another in vitro assay method using using trophoblast cells of hamster and mouse isolated from a...2013, George deStevens, Ernst Jucker, V. Zingel, Progress in Drug Research, page 166
- In particular, a rodent of the species Mesocricetus auratus (the golden hamster) or of a species of the genera Cricetiscus and Phodopus (the dwarf hamsters), often kept as a pet or used in scientific research.
- Any of various other rodents of similar appearance, such as the maned hamster or crested hamster, Lophiomys imhausi, mouse-like hamsters of genus Calomyscus, and the white-tailed rat (Mystromys albicaudatus).
Verb
hamster (third-person singular simple present hamsters, present participle hamstering, simple past and past participle hamstered)
- To secrete or store privately, as a hamster does with food in its cheek pouches.
- Probably the city government knew that without that hamstering half the city would starve and they somehow got the police to lay off. It was in the little stinky one-horse towns that you had all the trouble.1974, Phyllis Knight, Rolf Knight, A Very Ordinary Life, page 43
- […] in his bedroom in neat stacks — he always hamstered them away upstairs as soon as the morning was done. This year the gifts sat ignored […]2004, Sharon L. Pywell, What Happened to Henry, page 50
- Synonyms:
- stash
hamster meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
hamster in Hindi
- rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae
- हैम्स्टर haimsṭar
hamster in Tamil
- வெள்ளெலி
hamster in Marathi
- हॅम्स्टर, हम्सटर, हॅमस्टर
hamster in Urdu
- ہیمسٹر, ہمسٹر, ہامسٹر
More languagesFewer languages
- hamster in Bengali
- হ্যামস্টার, হ্যাম্স্টার
- hamster in Telugu
- చిట్టెలుక, హామ్స్టర్
- hamster in Malayalam
- ഹാംസ്റ്റർ, ഹാമ്സ്റ്റർ, ഹംസ്റ്റർ
- hamster in Kannada
- ಹ್ಯಾಮ್ಸ್ಟರ್, ಹಾಮ್ಸ್ಟರ್, ಹ್ಯಾಮಸ್ಟರ್
- hamster in Punjabi
- ਹੈਮਸਟਰ
- hamster in Gujarati
- હેમસ્ટર, હેમ્સ્ટર, હમ્સટર
- hamster in Odia
- ହାମ୍ଷ୍ଟର, ହାମ୍ଷ୍ଟର୍, ହାମ୍ସ୍ଟର୍
- hamster in Nepali
- ह्यामस्टर, हम्सटर, हाम्स्टर
- hamster in Tagalog
- hamster
- hamster in Arabic
- قَدَاد qadād, هَامِسْتَر hāmistar
- hamster in Malay
- tikus belanda
- hamster in Indonesian
- hamster
- hamster in Persian
- همستر hamestar, موش بزرگ muš-e bozorg
- hamster in Thai
- แฮมสเตอร์ hɛms-dtə̂ə
- hamster in Vietnamese
- chuột ham-tơ, ham-tơ
- hamster in Myanmar
- ဟမ်းစတား ham:ca.ta:
Examples of hamster in a sentence
- Fortunately for Sam, his pet hamster was alive.
- “Do you think when hamsters watch us eat, they think we're cute?” “How could they not?
- The little girl was left alone in her tiny bedroom, cradling her dead hamster.
Synonyms of hamster
Forms of hamster
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | hamsters |
| alternative form (obsolete) | hampster |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | hamsters |
| present participle | hamstering |
| past participle | hamstered |
| past | hamstered |
Origin of hamster
Borrowed from German Hamster (see for etymology). Displaced earlier term German rat.
Words formed from hamster
- antihamster
- Chinese hamster
- Chinese hamster ovary cell
- Djungarian hamster
- Dzungarian hamster
- golden hamster
- hammy
- hamster ball
- hamsterer
- hamstering
- hamsterization
- hamsterless
- hamsterlike
- hamster style
- hamster wheel
- hamstery
- idea hamster
- mouse-like hamster
- rationalisation hamster
- rationalization hamster
- Russian winter white dwarf hamster
- Siberian dwarf hamster
- Siberian hamster
- winter white Russian hamster
Phrases with hamster
Questions about hamster
- What does hamster mean?
- Hamster means any of various Old World rodent species belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae.
- What is hamster in Hindi?
- Hamster in Hindi is हैम्स्टर (haimsṭar). See Hamster meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is hamster?
- Hamster can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce hamster?
- Hamster is pronounced /ˈhæm(p)stə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of hamster?
- The plural of hamster is hamsters.
Words near hamster in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hamster (page history and authors); hamster (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hamster (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hamster (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hamster (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hamster (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hamster (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hamster (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hamster (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hamster (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hamster (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hamster (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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