Hammock

Quick meaning: Hammock is a noun meaning 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.

Meaning

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.

More Meanings

1. (US, archaic outside dialects) A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines.
2. (intransitive) To lie in a hammock.
3. (transitive, of a cloth) To hang in a way that resembles a hammock.
4. (transitive) To make something be wrapped tight, like in a hammock.
5. (transitive, broadcasting) To schedule (a new or unpopular programme) between two popular ones in the hope that viewers will watch it.

Example Sentences

"I fancied that we — I and who? — hammocked among the summer breezes."

[…] the poore ſaylers, who […] commonly get forthwith into their beds (or hamackoes) reſting their tyred bodies […]

"She hammocked her breasts into her bra, snapped it, hitched at it, and gave herself a profile glance in the mirror."

"She hammocked their plaids between the table and the bed, then edged her way past Kenneth as she approached the central hearth."

Word Forms

• hammocks
• hammocking
• hammocked

Synonyms for hammock

Depending on context, synonyms include sack, mound, hummock, knoll.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sack, mound, hummock, knoll, gauntlet, hang.

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