hammock
see also: Hammock
Pronunciation
Hammock
Proper noun
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see also: Hammock
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈhæmək/
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 ſaylers, who...commonly get forthwith into their beds (or hamackoes) reſting 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.
- French: hamac
- German: Hängematte
- Italian: amaca
- Portuguese: rede, rede de dormir, rede de descanso, maca (nautical)
- Russian: гама́к
- Spanish: hamaca, hamaca paraguaya (Argentina)
- French: hammock
hammock (hammocks, present participle hammocking; past and past participle hammocked)
- (intransitive) To lie in a hammock.
- 1901, Yone Noguchi, The American Diary of a Japanese Girl ↗ The American Diary of a Japanese Girl
- "I fancied that we — I and who? — hammocked among the summer breezes."
- 1901, Yone Noguchi, The American Diary of a Japanese Girl ↗ The American Diary of a Japanese Girl
- (transitive, of a cloth) To hang in a way that resembles a hammock.
- 2013, Mary Jo Putney, Patricia Rice, Susan King (novelist), 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 (novelist), 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 ↗
Hammock
Proper noun
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