"mammock" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmamək/ [UK], /ˈmæmək/ [US], /ˈmɑmək/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mammock.wav [Southern-England] Forms: mammocks [plural]
Rhymes: (US) -æmək Etymology: From mam (of obscure origin) + -ock (“diminutive suffix”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en||ock|alt1=mam (of obscure origin)|gloss2=diminutive suffix}} mam (of obscure origin) + -ock (“diminutive suffix”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} mammock (plural mammocks)
  1. (obsolete outside dialects) A shapeless piece; a fragment. Tags: dialectal, obsolete
    Sense id: en-mammock-en-noun-NL42zDIg

Verb

IPA: /ˈmamək/ [UK], /ˈmæmək/ [US], /ˈmɑmək/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mammock.wav [Southern-England] Forms: mammocks [present, singular, third-person], mammocking [participle, present], mammocked [participle, past], mammocked [past]
Rhymes: (US) -æmək Etymology: From mam (of obscure origin) + -ock (“diminutive suffix”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en||ock|alt1=mam (of obscure origin)|gloss2=diminutive suffix}} mam (of obscure origin) + -ock (“diminutive suffix”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} mammock (third-person singular simple present mammocks, present participle mammocking, simple past and past participle mammocked)
  1. (obsolete outside dialects, chiefly North Carolina, transitive) To tear to pieces. Tags: dialectal, obsolete, transitive Related terms: mommick, mummock
    Sense id: en-mammock-en-verb-qJld0pHm Categories (other): North Carolina English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ock, Pages with tab characters Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ock: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with tab characters: 22 78

Inflected forms

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