hammock

Meanings

Plural: hammocks

Noun

a small natural hill
a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily
A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet (1.8 meters) wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.
A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines.

Verb

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.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hamaca, from Taíno *hamaka (compare Lokono hamaka, Wayuu jama'a), from Proto-Arawak *hamaka. 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.”

Synonyms

hillock, hummock, knoll, mound, sack

Scrabble Score: 20

hammock is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
hammock is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hammock is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 22

hammock is a valid Words With Friends word