Definition of Gammock

1. to frolic [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: frolic

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gammock

gammaretroviruses
gammas
gammatia
gammation
gammations
gammaxene
gamme
gammed
gammer
gammers
gammes
gammier
gammies
gammiest
gamming
gammock (current term)
gammocked
gammocks
gammon
gammon and spinach
gammoned
gammoner
gammoners
gammoning
gammons
gammopathies
gammopathy
gamo-
gamodeme

Literary usage of Gammock

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Salopian Shreds and Patches (1880)
"The word ''gammock" does not appear in "Bailey." SHROPSHIRE DIALECT (July 24. .... gammock ..."

2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1893)
"NW (3) v. To play off practical jokes ; to take in any one.—NW gammock. v. To lark about, to play the fool, to frolic. ..."

3. A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Wiltshire by George Edward Dartnell, Edward Hungerford Goddard (1893)
"NW gammock. r. To lark about, to play the fool, to frolic. ... See gammock.— SW (Warminster, &c. ..."

4. A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Chester by Robert Holland (1886)
"gammock, v. to play pranks. GAMMY, adj. (i) imperfect, diseased. " He's very bad ; he's getten a gammy leg." (2) idle, good for nothing. MACCLESFIELD. ..."

5. Collections of the Maine Historical Society by Maine Historical Society (1858)
"The present Higgins estate is a part of the gammock Patent, and is held by a title descended from Ambrose Boaden the first occupant in 1640. ..."

6. Salopian Shreds and Patches (1880)
"The word ''gammock" does not appear in "Bailey." SHROPSHIRE DIALECT (July 24. .... gammock ..."

7. Publications by English Dialect Society (1893)
"NW (3) v. To play off practical jokes ; to take in any one.—NW gammock. v. To lark about, to play the fool, to frolic. ..."

8. A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Wiltshire by George Edward Dartnell, Edward Hungerford Goddard (1893)
"NW gammock. r. To lark about, to play the fool, to frolic. ... See gammock.— SW (Warminster, &c. ..."

9. A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Chester by Robert Holland (1886)
"gammock, v. to play pranks. GAMMY, adj. (i) imperfect, diseased. " He's very bad ; he's getten a gammy leg." (2) idle, good for nothing. MACCLESFIELD. ..."

10. Collections of the Maine Historical Society by Maine Historical Society (1858)
"The present Higgins estate is a part of the gammock Patent, and is held by a title descended from Ambrose Boaden the first occupant in 1640. ..."

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