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Hammock
Definitions
- 1 A surname.
- 1 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 […]"
- 2 a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily wordnet
- 3 A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines. US
- 4 a small natural hill wordnet
- 1 To lie in a hammock. intransitive
""I fancied that we — I and who? — hammocked among the summer breezes.""
- 2 To hang in a way that resembles a hammock. transitive
""She hammocked their plaids between the table and the bed, then edged her way past Kenneth as she approached the central hearth.""
- 3 To make something be wrapped tight, like in a hammock. transitive
""She hammocked her breasts into her bra, snapped it, hitched at it, and gave herself a profile glance in the mirror.""
- 4 To schedule (a new or unpopular programme) between two popular ones in the hope that viewers will watch it. transitive
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish hamaca, from Taíno *hamaka (compare Lokono 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.”
Borrowed from Spanish hamaca, from Taíno *hamaka (compare Lokono 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.”
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