What does hammock mean?

Definitions for hammock
ˈhæm əkham·mock

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. knoll, mound, hillock, hummock, hammocknoun

    a small natural hill

  2. hammock, sacknoun

    a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily

Wiktionary

  1. hammocknoun

    A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.

  2. hammocknoun

    A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines.

  3. Etymology: From hamaca, from. 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.”

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Hammocknoun

    A swinging bed.

    Etymology: hamaca, Saxon.

    Prince Maurice of Nassau, who had been accustomed to hammocks, used them all his life. William Temple.

Wikipedia

  1. Hammock

    A hammock (from Spanish hamaca, borrowed from Taíno and Arawak hamaka) is a sling made of fabric, rope, or netting, suspended between two or more points, used for swinging, sleeping, or resting. It normally consists of one or more cloth panels, or a woven network of twine or thin rope stretched with ropes between two firm anchor points such as trees or posts. Hammocks were developed by native inhabitants of the Americas for sleeping, as well as the English. Later, they were used aboard ships by sailors to enable comfort and maximize available space, by explorers or soldiers travelling in wooded regions and eventually by parents in the early 1920s for containing babies just learning to crawl. Today they are popular around the world for relaxation; they are also used as a lightweight bed on camping trips. The hammock is often seen as a symbol of summer, leisure, relaxation and simple, easy living.

ChatGPT

  1. hammock

    A hammock is a type of hanging furniture made from rope, canvas, or other material netted together and attached at both ends to a secure point, often used outdoors for relaxing, sleeping, or swinging. It is typically suspended between two trees or a stand specifically designed for hammocks.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Hammocknoun

    a swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends

  2. Hammocknoun

    a piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines. Used also adjectively; as, hammock land

  3. Etymology: [A word of Indian origin: cf. Sp. hamaca. 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.]

Wikidata

  1. Hammock

    A hammock is a sling made of fabric, rope, or netting, suspended between two points, used for swinging, sleeping, or resting. It normally consists of one or more cloth panels, or a woven network of twine or thin rope stretched with ropes between two firm anchor points such as trees or posts. Hammocks were developed by native inhabitants of Central and South America for sleeping. Later, they were used aboard ships by sailors to enable comfort and maximize available space, and by explorers or soldiers traveling in wooded regions and eventually by parents in the 1920's for containing babies just learning to crawl. Today they are popular around the world for relaxation; they are also used as a lightweight bed on camping trips. The hammock is often seen as symbol of summer, leisure, relaxation and simple, easy living.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Hammock

    ham′uk, n. a piece of strong cloth or netting suspended by the corners, and used as a bed by sailors. [Sp. hamaca, of Carib origin.]

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz

  1. HAMMOCK

    From the Lat. _hamus_, hook, and Grk. _makar_, happy. Happiness on hooks. Also, a popular contrivance whereby love-making may be suspended but not stopped during the picnic season.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. hammock

    A swinging sea-bed, the undisputed invention of Alcibiades; but the modern name is derived from the Caribs. (See HAMACS.) At present the hammock consists of a piece of canvas, 6 feet long and 4 feet wide, gathered together at the two ends by means of clews, formed by a grommet and knittles, whence the head-clue and foot-clue: the hammock is hung horizontally under the deck, and forms a receptacle for the bed on which the seamen sleep. There are usually allowed from 14 to 20 inches between hammock and hammock in a ship of war. In preparing for action, the hammocks, together with their contents, are all firmly corded, taken upon deck, and fixed in various nettings, so as to form a barricade against musket-balls. (See ENGAGEMENT.)

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Entomology

  1. Hammock

    the hammock-like covering of the caterpillars of certain moths. Hamule: a little hook.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. HAMMOCK

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Hammock is ranked #4877 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Hammock surname appeared 7,222 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Hammock.

    81.7% or 5,907 total occurrences were White.
    12.6% or 914 total occurrences were Black.
    2.2% or 163 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    2% or 151 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.8% or 58 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    0.4% or 29 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hammock in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hammock in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of hammock in a Sentence

  1. Chef Anthony Bourdain:

    I’ve tried. I just think I’m just too nervous, neurotic, driven, i would have had a different answer a few years ago. I might have deluded myself into thinking that I’d be happy in a hammock or gardening. But no, I’m quite sure I can’t.

  2. The Canadian:

    I was exhausted, i'm looking forward to staying out of the water for a bit. I've got a beer in my hand, I'm going to enjoy this, then I'm going to fly home and sit in a hammock for a few days.

  3. Cameron Miller:

    People have taken the cup to the beach, they've staged photos where it's in a hammock. Maybe they'll put a baby in it or their cat in it.

  4. Lorianne Major:

    The hammock allows the experienced dancer to get more air time in jumps and the non-experienced dancer to find proper alignment by taking the strength of the barre into the air.

  5. Kelli Pennington:

    It happened so fast, we left our tents, hammock and some foods, but we got most of our things, shoved our two kids in the car and left.

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