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ham·mock

1   [ham-uhk]
noun
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:
1545–55; < Spanish hamaca < Taino of Hispaniola

Related forms
ham·mock·like, adjective

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  • She jumped out of the hammock and ran down to the bank to rummage for a good strong replacement.
  • I've been trying to figure out how to hang my hammock in it for six years now, and still no dice.
  • He had more or less a standard hammock with a mosquito net that was really made for a bed, not a hammock.
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ham·mock

2   [ham-uhk]
noun
hummock (def. 1).
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hammock1 (ˈhæmək)
 
—n
a length of canvas, net, etc, suspended at the ends and used as a bed
 
[C16: from Spanish hamaca, of Taino origin]
 
'hammock-like1
 
—adj

hammock2 (ˈhæmək)
 
—n
a variant of hummock

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hammock
1555, from Sp. hamaca, from Arawakan (Haiti) word apparently meaning "fish nets" (cf. Yukuna hamaca, Taino amaca).
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