noun

hammock

HA-muhk

noun

A hanging bed made of fabric or netting, suspended between two points and used for lying down or sleeping.

"He spent the whole afternoon dozing in a hammock strung between two palm trees."

"The sailors slept in hammocks belowdecks."

verb

(broadcasting) To schedule a weaker program between two popular ones so it picks up viewers from both.

"The network hammocked the new sitcom between its two biggest hits."

How to Use Hammock

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA swinging fabric bed, typically slung between two trees or posts.

Common pairings

swing in a hammock string up a hammock

hammocked past tense, hammocks plural, Hammocks plural, hammocks singular

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He spent the whole afternoon dozing in a _____ strung between two palm trees.

Borrowed from Spanish hamaca, which came from a Taíno word for the swinging beds Columbus first described among Caribbean islanders.