"gammock" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gammocks [plural]
Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps from Middle English *gammok, from Old English *gamnoc, *gamenoc (“little game, bit of fun”), equivalent to game + -ock (diminutive suffix). Alternatively, perhaps from Old English *gamnecian, *gamenecian (“to frolic”), from Old English gamen (“sport, amusement”) + -(e)cian (frequentative suffix). Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain, {{inh|en|enm|*gammok}} Middle English *gammok, {{inh|en|ang|*gamnoc}} Old English *gamnoc, {{suf|en|game|-ock|pos2=diminutive suffix}} game + -ock (diminutive suffix), {{inh|en|ang|*gamnecian}} Old English *gamnecian, {{der|en|ang|gamen|t=sport, amusement}} Old English gamen (“sport, amusement”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} gammock (countable and uncountable, plural gammocks)
  1. (UK, dialect, uncountable) Fun, sport, play, frolic. Tags: UK, dialectal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-gammock-en-noun-zMRSitrr Categories (other): British English
  2. (UK, dialect, countable) A joke, trick, prank. Tags: UK, countable, dialectal
    Sense id: en-gammock-en-noun-KBpbynPC Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: gammick, gammik, gammuk, gammyk, gamock, gamalk, gammux, gommack Derived forms: gammocky

Verb

Forms: gammocks [present, singular, third-person], gammocking [participle, present], gammocked [participle, past], gammocked [past]
Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps from Middle English *gammok, from Old English *gamnoc, *gamenoc (“little game, bit of fun”), equivalent to game + -ock (diminutive suffix). Alternatively, perhaps from Old English *gamnecian, *gamenecian (“to frolic”), from Old English gamen (“sport, amusement”) + -(e)cian (frequentative suffix). Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain, {{inh|en|enm|*gammok}} Middle English *gammok, {{inh|en|ang|*gamnoc}} Old English *gamnoc, {{suf|en|game|-ock|pos2=diminutive suffix}} game + -ock (diminutive suffix), {{inh|en|ang|*gamnecian}} Old English *gamnecian, {{der|en|ang|gamen|t=sport, amusement}} Old English gamen (“sport, amusement”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} gammock (third-person singular simple present gammocks, present participle gammocking, simple past and past participle gammocked)
  1. (UK, dialect, intransitive) To romp, frolic, play pranks, lark about; to go partying from place to place. Tags: UK, dialectal, intransitive Related terms: gammet, gammon
    Sense id: en-gammock-en-verb-4BRHrYh5 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ock, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 10 71 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ock: 29 14 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 4 85 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 4 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: gammick, gammik, gammuk, gammyk, gamock, gamalk, gammux, gommack

Inflected forms

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