gammock

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noun

Fun, sport, play, frolic.

OriginMiddle English *gammok ← Old English *gamnoc →
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Meanings

noungammock (countable and uncountable, plural gammocks)

plural gammocks · alternative gammick · alternative gammik · alternative gammuk · alternative gammyk · alternative gamock · alternative gamalk · alternative gammux · alternative gommack

  1. UKdialectaluncountableFun, sport, play, frolic.
  2. UKcountabledialectalA joke, trick, prank.
verbgammock (third-person singular simple present gammocks, present participle gammocking, simple past and past participle gammocked)

present singular third person gammocks · participle present gammocking · participle past gammocked · past gammocked · alternative gammick · alternative gammik · alternative gammuk · alternative gammyk · alternative gamock · alternative gamalk · alternative gammux · alternative gommack

  1. UKdialectalintransitiveTo romp, frolic, play pranks, lark about; to go partying from place to place.

Origin

  1. Old Englishgamen“sport, amusement”
  2. Old English*gamnecian
  3. Old English*gamnoc
  4. Middle English*gammok
  5. Englishgammock

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).

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APA

gammock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gammock

MLA

“gammock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gammock. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gammock,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gammock.

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