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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish hamaca, from Taíno *hamaka (compare Arawak hamaka, Wayuu jama'a), from Proto-Arawak *hamaka. 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.”
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
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.
- 1634, T[homas] H[erbert], A Relation of Some Yeares Travaile, Begunne Anno 1626. into Afrique and the Greater Asia, […], London: […] William Stansby, and Jacob Bloome, →OCLC:
- ...the poore ſaylers, who...commonly get forthwith into their beds (or hamackoes) reſting their tyred bodies...
- (US, archaic outside dialects) A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
swinging couch or bed
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piece of land
Verb[edit]
hammock (third-person singular simple present hammocks, present participle hammocking, simple past and past participle hammocked)
- (intransitive) To lie in a hammock.
- 1901, Yone Noguchi, The American Diary of a Japanese Girl (wiki article):
- "I fancied that we — I and who? — hammocked among the summer breezes."
- (transitive, of a cloth) To hang in a way that resembles a hammock.
- 2013, Mary Jo Putney; Patricia Rice; Susan King, Christmas Roses: Love Blooms in Winter[1]:
- "She hammocked their plaids between the table and the bed, then edged her way past Kenneth as she approached the central hearth."
- (transitive) To make something be wrapped tight, like in a hammock.
- 1960, John D. MacDonald, The Only Girl in the Game[2]:
- "She hammocked her breasts into her bra, snapped it, hitched at it, and gave herself a profile glance in the mirror."
- (transitive, broadcasting) To schedule (a new or unpopular programme) between two popular ones in the hope that viewers will watch it.
- Coordinate term: tentpole
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Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
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Declension[edit]
Declension of hammock | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | hammock | hammocken | hammockar | hammockarna |
Genitive | hammocks | hammockens | hammockars | hammockarnas |
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