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Definition: Hammock |
HammockNoun1. A small natural hill. 2. A hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swing easily. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "hammock" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1719. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
19th Century Satire | From the Lat. hamus, hook, and Grk. makar, happy. Happiness on hooks. Also, a popular contrivance whereby lovemaking may be suspended but not stopped during the picnic season. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The hammock is a device used to sleep or rest in. It consists of cloth or a network of twine which is stretched between to firm points.The hammock was developed in Pre-Columbian South America or the Caribbean.
Hammocks are standard items in almost all homes in the Yucatán. They were not part of Classic era Maya civilization; they were said to have arrived in Yucatán from the Caribbean less than two centuries before the Spanish conquest. They are made of various materials, and the quality depends greatly on the thread and the number of threads used. Hammocks are made in villages surrounding the capital city Mérida and are sold throughout the world as well as locally. Hammocks hold such a strong place in the hearts of the Yucatecans, that even the most humble of homes have hammock hooks in the walls. The Maya hammocks are made on a loom and are hand woven by men, women and children.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Hammock."
Synonyms: HammockSynonyms: hillock (n), hummock (n), knoll (n), mound (n), sack (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Support | Bed, berth, pallet, tester, crib, cot, hammock, shakedown, trucklebed, cradle, litter, stretcher, bedstead; four poster, French bed, bunk, kip, palang; bedding, bichhona, mattress, paillasse; pillow, bolster; mat, rug, cushion. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Hammock |
| English words defined with "hammock": Quarter nettings. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "hammock": Horse. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Hammock" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Swedish (hammock sette). |
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Screenplays | Banana Hammock! (Scrubs; writing credit: Gabrielle Allan; Janae Bakken) | |
Lyrics | Like the hammock by the doorway we spent time in, Swings empty (How's It Going To Be; performing artist: Third Eye Blind) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Love in a Hammock (1902) Two Girls in a Hammock (1899) Love in a Hammock (1899) Tribulations in Sleeping in a Hammock (1898) A Hot Time in a Hammock (1898) | |
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 | A wide expanse of salt marsh with a forested hammock in the center of the photo. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Key Island After -- Australia n pines were removed from the coastal strand adjacent to the beach. Approximate ly 8,000 native plants, comprising 15 different species, were reintroduced to the island's scrub and hammock habitats, and many other native plants have recolonized naturally. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
 | Oronko Indian seated semi-recumbent in hammock. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | A hammock-bound Sailor's reflections on Navy lower deck life, with second thoughts as re-enlistment time nears. Taken in a 5"/51 gun casemate on board USS Nevada (BB-36) by A.E. Wells, the ship's photographer, during the early 1920s. Note ready-service shells on the casemate bulkhead, gun at left, shoes tied to hammock lashings and tattoo on the man's left leg. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Photograph of a Sailor in his hammock aboard ship, with sentiments on the Navy and changes in those feelings as re-enlistment time nears. The original view was published by P. Wischmeyer, Seattle, Washington, circa 1923. The photographer, or author of the text, was G. A. Pickard, USN. Credit: NAVY. |  | She is swinging in the hammock at this moment. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Woodrow Wilson relaxing on a hammock while fire crackers "Mulhall," "Lamar," "T.R. Roast," and "Lobby" explode around him. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | A hammock on the Indian River, Florida, with a lane through palm grove] / Geo. Barker, Niagara Falls, N.Y. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Chimneys, Ormond hammock, The. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The Beresford Hammock. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Island hammock" by Stephanie Syjuco Commentary: "Man reading in hammock during sunset, Philippines." | "Hammock & Nod" by Tina Lorien Commentary: "........." |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I found myself not very well, and told the page that I had a mind to take a nap in my hammock, which I hoped would do me good |
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| "Hammock" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Hammock" is used about 59 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 59 | 44,010 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "hammock" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Hammock | Last name | 2,000 | 5,309 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "hammock": hammock chair ♦ Hammock girtline ♦ Hammock nettings ♦ hammock sette ♦ sling a hammock. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "hammock": hammock-breasted, hammock-nests. | |
Ending with "hammock": sling-hammock, sun-hammock. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
hammock | 8,610 | ocean hammock | 39 |
hammock stand | 473 | portable hammock | 38 |
hammock chair | 338 | hammock for sale | 38 |
pawleys island hammock | 220 | robby hammock | 33 |
hatteras hammock | 195 | toy hammock | 33 |
rope hammock | 130 | hammock making | 32 |
hammock swing | 120 | hammock cover | 30 |
camping hammock | 84 | hammock chair stand | 30 |
mayan hammock | 78 | hennessy hammock | 29 |
fabric hammock | 73 | hammock frame | 29 |
make hammock | 68 | buy a hammock | 29 |
discount hammock | 64 | hammock middle school | 29 |
brazilian hammock | 58 | cat hammock | 28 |
nag head hammock | 55 | cheap hammock | 28 |
pawley island hammock | 47 | pawleys hammock | 28 |
hammock accessory | 45 | banana hammock | 27 |
hammock pillow | 44 | hammock dune | 27 |
hammock beach | 44 | double hammock | 25 |
jungle hammock | 43 | mexican hammock | 24 |
outdoor hammock | 42 | garden hammock | 23 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "hammock"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | hamak, shtrat i varur. (various references) | |
Arabic | الارجوحة الشبكية. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | хамак. (various references) | |
Chamorro | amaka. (various references) | |
Chinese | 吊床 . (various references) | |
Czech | hamak, visuté lùžko. (various references) | |
Danish | haengekoeje. (various references) | |
Dutch | hangmat. (various references) | |
Esperanto | hamako. (various references) | |
Faeroese | heingikoyggja. (various references) | |
Farsi | تختخوابی که ازکرباس یاتوردرست شده , بانوج . (various references) | |
Finnish | verkkokeinu, riippumatto. (various references) | |
French | hamac (hammock chair). (various references) | |
German | hängematte. (various references) | |
Greek | αιώρα (seesaw, swing). (various references) | |
Guarani | kyha. (various references) | |
Hebrew | ערסל. (various references) | |
Hungarian | függőágy (nettings, sack). (various references) | |
Indonesian | buaian (boast, gab, swing). (various references) | |
Italian | amaca. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 釣り床 , 吊り床 , ハンセン病 (employee of a messenger or delivery service, Hamburg, Hamburg steak, hamburger, hammer, hand, hand carrier, hand lotion, handbag, hand-ball, handbook, handcart, Handelsblatt, handicap, handicraft, hand-knit, handle, handler, handlift, handling, handmade, handout, handshake, handwork, handy, handy mook, humble, hunt, hunter, hunter killer, hunting, hunting cap, Hunting World, leprosy, manual forklift, oscillatory behavior of a non-converging feedback loop, pallet jack, steering wheel). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ハンモック , つりどこ. (various references) | |
Manx | lhiabbee lhuingey (bunk), lhiabbee leaystey. (various references) | |
Maya | kaan (worm, yellow). (various references) | |
Norwegian | hengekøye. (various references) | |
Papago | iapta. (various references) | |
Papiamen | hamaka, amaka. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ammockhay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | rede para dormir, maca (barrow, doolie, hand-barrow, litter, stretcher), cama suspensa de bordo, cama de rede, "hamac". (various references) | |
Romanian | hamac (cot). (various references) | |
Russian | гамак, подвесная койка. (various references) | |
Scottish | spiris (a hen-roost, hen roost). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | viseća mreža za ležanje. (various references) | |
Spanish | hamaca (deck chair). (various references) | |
Swedish | hängmatta. (various references) | |
Thai | เปลญวน. (various references) | |
Turkish | hamak, branda, asma yatak. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | гамак. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | cái võng. (various references) | |
Yucatec | k'aan. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "hammock": hammocks. (additional references) | |
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"Hammock" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ammock, Cammock, hamhock, hamlock, hammack, Hammick, Harmoko, Homco, Kamrock, Sammick. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "hammock" (pronounced ha"muk) |
| 3 | -m u k | stomach. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-h-k-m-m-o" | |
-2 letters: comma, macho, mocha. | |
-3 letters: ammo, amok, cham, chao, coma, hack, hock, mach, mack, mako, mock. | |
-4 letters: cam, ham, hao, hmm, koa, mac, mho, moa, moc, mom, oak, oca, ohm, oka. | |
-5 letters: ah, am, ha, hm, ho, ka, ma, mm, mo, oh, om. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-h-k-m-m-o" | |
+1 letter: hammocks. | |
+3 letters: hammerlock. | |
+4 letters: hammerlocks. | |
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