hammock
/ˈhæmək/ verb C2- To lie in a hammock.
- To hang in a way that resembles a hammock.
- To make something be wrapped tight, like in a hammock.
- To schedule (a new or unpopular programme) between two popular ones in the hope that viewers will watch it.
He/she/it hammocks · Past hammocked · Past participle hammocked · -ing form hammocking
Verb forms
- Base form
- hammock
- He/she/it
- hammocks
- Past
- hammocked
- Past participle
- hammocked
- -ing form
- hammocking
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We performed the usual burial service, and he is at his rest, sewn up in his hammock with a thirty-six-pound shot at his head and his heels, off El Giglio island.
Edmond resigned the lugger to the master’s care, and went and lay down in his hammock; but, in spite of a sleepless night, he could not close his eyes for a moment.
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