hammock1
[ham-uh k]
- a hanging bed or couch made of canvas, netted cord, or the like, with cords attached to supports at each end.
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Origin of hammock1
1545–55; < Spanish hamaca < Taino of Hispaniola
hammock2
[ham-uh k]
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Contemporary Examples
I said goodnight, retreated, and slumped into my hammock, the rain slapping the tarp over me.
Curled up on the hammock, surrounded by their kids and puppies, it really looked like love.
A.Then he got fever, and had to be carried in a hammock slung under a pole.
Historical Examples
"I'm depending upon you for the bread," he said to the drowsy man in the hammock.
In the Midst of AlarmsRobert Barr
And Yates, swinging drowsily in his hammock, was no less gratified.
In the Midst of AlarmsRobert Barr
And that reminds me: I have a hammock somewhere among my belongings.
In the Midst of AlarmsRobert Barr
"Oh, I am not complaining about that, at all," said the hammock magnanimously.
In the Midst of AlarmsRobert Barr
The Little Doctor stopped the hammock with her toe and sat up.
Chip, of the Flying UB. M. Bower
hammock1
- a length of canvas, net, etc, suspended at the ends and used as a bed
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Word Origin
C16: from Spanish hamaca, of Taino origin
hammock2
- a variant of hummock (def. 3)
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Word Origin and History for hammock
n.
1650s, alteration of hamaca (1550s), from Spanish hamaca, from Arawakan (Haiti) word apparently meaning "fish nets" (cf. Yukuna hamaca, Taino amaca).
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