Hammock
noun
A hanging bed or couch made of canvas or rope.
I love to relax in my hammock on the deck in the summer.
Often appears as...
- lie in a hammock
- set up a hammock
noun
A forested area raised above the surrounding marshes in southern United States.
The palm hammock is a characteristic feature of the Everglades
Often appears as...
- palm hammock
- hardwood hammock
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A hanging bed or couch made of canvas or rope.
I love to relax in my hammock on the deck in the summer.
Often appears as...
- lie in a hammock
- set up a hammock
noun
A forested area raised above the surrounding marshes in southern United States.
The palm hammock is a characteristic feature of the Everglades
Often appears as...
- palm hammock
- hardwood hammock
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Relaxation Connotation
Hammock often implies leisure and relaxation activities, especially outdoors.
After the hike, we all unwound in hammocks under the trees.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Setting
The use of 'hammock' is casual, suitable for friendly and informal conversations.
They pitched their tents and hung hammocks between the pines.
Pro Tip 3/3Installment Required
Understand that a hammock needs to be set up between two supports, like trees or posts.
Let's look for two sturdy trees to set up our hammock.
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Safari Live - Day 133 PIPE...
freeze-frame I just wanted to scare everybody and then if see anyways so since also jumped in on the competition oh my pages right this over here is her B's beautiful drawing it is a hammock up fishing and then this good over yeah is actually the nest and there's a little chicken side waiting
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First Ascent of a Sky...
guess what you get mud so we called it mud world so at the end of the day your legs are covered in mud if you're lucky just up to the knee like completely and utterly covered in mud and then after an exhausting day of slogging through mud world just getting into his hammock was a
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Sloths! The strange life...
instead, they rely on retractor muscles to pull themselves along. They have long, hooked claws and a high fatigue resistance, so they can literally hook on and hang like a happy, hairy hammock for hours on end. And sloths can do almost anything in this inverted position.
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Safari Live - Day 142 PIPE...
if I ever sleep outside you can but you have to sleep up in a tree so if you wanted to sleep outside you'd find a tree like this one and you'd put a hammock in the tree or you would put a tree house up there and then you could sleep there otherwise if you want to
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The Trouble with...
and it's beautiful and lush and there's all sorts of animals she and her crew ended up camping in the forest with the rangers and slept outside and it was one of the most frightening experiences of my life we were set up in hammocks with all
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Safari Live - Day 146 PIPE...
listen carefully you hear we be able to get a flyby of a hammock open that was it very easy to see he was just flying straight Esther there but we are looking at thick the gang of geese in a hostile seven dad is nowhere to be seen now so
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Mark Plotkin: What the...
"My blood pressure went through the roof, I lost full control of my bodily functions, I passed out in a heap, I woke up in a hammock six hours later, felt like God for two days." An Italian chemist read this and said,
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Safari Live - Day 269 PIPE...
leopard tortoise as well oh dear and this by the way this beautiful beautiful area is called treehouse dam and over there there is a hammock rope which I think might actually be the first time a
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How An Egg Becomes A...
suspend the yolk like a hammock allowing it to rotate and ensuring that the embryo remains on top where he can develop safely
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Redefining how we use...
is of being somewhere else like a hammock on a beach or Pittsburgh and some people dream that somewhere else
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 133 PIPE...
freeze-frame I just wanted to scare everybody and then if see anyways so since also jumped in on the competition oh my pages right this over here is her B's beautiful drawing it is a hammock up fishing and then this good over yeah is actually the nest and there's a little chicken side waiting
Video examples
First Ascent of a Sky...
guess what you get mud so we called it mud world so at the end of the day your legs are covered in mud if you're lucky just up to the knee like completely and utterly covered in mud and then after an exhausting day of slogging through mud world just getting into his hammock was a
Video examples
Sloths! The strange life...
instead, they rely on retractor muscles to pull themselves along. They have long, hooked claws and a high fatigue resistance, so they can literally hook on and hang like a happy, hairy hammock for hours on end. And sloths can do almost anything in this inverted position.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 142 PIPE...
if I ever sleep outside you can but you have to sleep up in a tree so if you wanted to sleep outside you'd find a tree like this one and you'd put a hammock in the tree or you would put a tree house up there and then you could sleep there otherwise if you want to
Video examples
The Trouble with...
and it's beautiful and lush and there's all sorts of animals she and her crew ended up camping in the forest with the rangers and slept outside and it was one of the most frightening experiences of my life we were set up in hammocks with all
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 146 PIPE...
listen carefully you hear we be able to get a flyby of a hammock open that was it very easy to see he was just flying straight Esther there but we are looking at thick the gang of geese in a hostile seven dad is nowhere to be seen now so
Video examples
Mark Plotkin: What the...
"My blood pressure went through the roof, I lost full control of my bodily functions, I passed out in a heap, I woke up in a hammock six hours later, felt like God for two days." An Italian chemist read this and said,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 269 PIPE...
leopard tortoise as well oh dear and this by the way this beautiful beautiful area is called treehouse dam and over there there is a hammock rope which I think might actually be the first time a
Video examples
How An Egg Becomes A...
suspend the yolk like a hammock allowing it to rotate and ensuring that the embryo remains on top where he can develop safely
Video examples
Redefining how we use...
is of being somewhere else like a hammock on a beach or Pittsburgh and some people dream that somewhere else
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Carl Honore
Canadian Journalist
Your best ideas, those eureka moments that turn the world upside down, seldom come when you're juggling emails, rushing to meet the 5 P.M. deadline or straining to make your voice heard in a high-stress meeting. They come when you're walking the dog, soaking in the bath or swinging in a hammock.
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Tom Hodgkinson
British Writer
I've never understood activity holidays since we seem to have far too much activity in our daily lives as it is. Find a culture where loafing is the order of the day and where they don't understand our need to be constantly doing things. Find somewhere you can have a hammock holiday.
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Eric Stoltz
American Actor
My perfect day is constantly changing. Right now, it would be to lie around in a hammock reading with a portable phone and a table of food next to it. I would spend all day there. And that's all that I can possibly come up with on the spur of the moment.
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JoJo
American Musician
I'm lucky to have a great support system in my friends and some of my family. If you have those people that you trust, go ahead and fall back into them and let them be your hammock and cocoon and let them embrace you.
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Steve Backshall
I take my laptop everywhere with me, and I will write on long journeys. I will write sitting in my hammock in the middle of the rainforest. When everybody else is chilling out after filming, I am usually writing!
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James Brolin
American Actor
I don't care who you are, the pressure is on to go to the next task immediately. What happened to the days of hanging out in the hammock all afternoon?
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Paul Ryan
American Politician
We don't want to turn the safety net into a hammock that lulls able-bodied people into complacency and dependence.
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Miranda Kerr
Australian Model
My goal involves a hammock, a vegetable patch, and a solar-powered house. And I hope to eventually get there.
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Joe Lycett
British Comedian
There are many terms that have been used to describe me: man, comedian, disappointment, hammock enthusiast.
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Allen West
American Politician
Of course we have compassion. We just don't believe the safety net should be used as a hammock.
Quote examples
Carl Honore
Canadian Journalist
Your best ideas, those eureka moments that turn the world upside down, seldom come when you're juggling emails, rushing to meet the 5 P.M. deadline or straining to make your voice heard in a high-stress meeting. They come when you're walking the dog, soaking in the bath or swinging in a hammock.
Quote examples
Tom Hodgkinson
British Writer
I've never understood activity holidays since we seem to have far too much activity in our daily lives as it is. Find a culture where loafing is the order of the day and where they don't understand our need to be constantly doing things. Find somewhere you can have a hammock holiday.
Quote examples
Eric Stoltz
American Actor
My perfect day is constantly changing. Right now, it would be to lie around in a hammock reading with a portable phone and a table of food next to it. I would spend all day there. And that's all that I can possibly come up with on the spur of the moment.
Quote examples
JoJo
American Musician
I'm lucky to have a great support system in my friends and some of my family. If you have those people that you trust, go ahead and fall back into them and let them be your hammock and cocoon and let them embrace you.
Quote examples
Steve Backshall
I take my laptop everywhere with me, and I will write on long journeys. I will write sitting in my hammock in the middle of the rainforest. When everybody else is chilling out after filming, I am usually writing!
Quote examples
James Brolin
American Actor
I don't care who you are, the pressure is on to go to the next task immediately. What happened to the days of hanging out in the hammock all afternoon?
Quote examples
Paul Ryan
American Politician
We don't want to turn the safety net into a hammock that lulls able-bodied people into complacency and dependence.
Quote examples
Miranda Kerr
Australian Model
My goal involves a hammock, a vegetable patch, and a solar-powered house. And I hope to eventually get there.
Quote examples
Joe Lycett
British Comedian
There are many terms that have been used to describe me: man, comedian, disappointment, hammock enthusiast.
Quote examples
Allen West
American Politician
Of course we have compassion. We just don't believe the safety net should be used as a hammock.
Example 1 of 10
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