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单词 gammock
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gammockn.1

Forms: 1500s gammocke, 1600s–1700s gammock.
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: cammock n.1
Etymology: Variant of cammock n.1
Obsolete.
= restharrow n. Cf. cammock n.1 1.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorn-tree or -bush > [noun] > rest-harrow
cammockc1000
ironhardOE
restelbowea1400
restharrow?1550
petty whin1551
gammock1578
ground furze1578
ground-furze1578
fin1649
cat whin1684
sitfast1808
thorny rest-harrow1822
land-whina1825
lady-whin1886
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. x. 669 Gammocke or ground Furze.
1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke i. xiii. sig. K The Salt of Gammock, otherwise called Rest-harrow, Petty whynne, or ground furze.
1744 D. Hillman in Tusser's Five Hundred Points Husb. 12 (note) If troubled with Roots or Gammock, a Servant is very well bestowed to be ready to clear the Plough.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

gammockn.2

Brit. /ˈɡamək/, U.S. /ˈɡæmək/
Forms: 1800s gammyk (English regional (Devon)), 1800s gamock (English regional (Shropshire)), 1800s gommack (English regional (Essex)), 1800s– gamack (English regional (Surrey)), 1800s– gamak (English regional (East Anglian)), 1800s– gamalk (English regional (East Anglian)), 1800s– gammick (English regional (Essex)), 1800s– gammik (English regional (Somerset)), 1800s– gammock, 1800s– gammuck (English regional (Cheshire)), 1800s– gammux (English regional (Wiltshire)).
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: game n., -ock suffix.
Etymology: < game n. + -ock suffix.A form gammet is also recorded in English and U.S. regional use in the same meaning (see Eng. Dial. Dict. (1900) at gammet sb. and v., Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1991) at gammet n., v.).
Chiefly English regional. Now rare.
1. A piece of fun; a game, a jest; a frolic. Frequently in plural: antics, ‘tricks’.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [noun] > a frolic
oliprancec1390
ragerya1393
vague1523
rex1566
friskin1570
gambol1573
reak1573
prank1576
vagary1588
whirligig1589
caper1592
prinkum-prankum1596
firk1611
frolica1635
carryings-on1663
ramp1696
romp1713
freak1724
scheme1758
rig1782
lark1811
escapade1814
gammock1819
gambade1821
enfantillage1827
game1828
shines1830
rollick1834
rusty1835
high jinksa1845
escapado1849
shenanigan1855
rum-tum1876
panta1901
gas1914
1819 ‘R. Rabelais’ Abeillard & Heloisa 176 'Tis but a fash'nable gammock.
1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang Gammocks, running up and down, as in a fair, rolling among the hay, or flaunting at Vauxhall.
1824 T. Gaspey Witch-finder I. x. 219 Somebody has been telling him of my gammocks, and the undutiful old fellow has come up to school me for them.
1877 Coll. Hist. & Archæol. Montgomeryshire X. 292 Gammocks, antics, tricks, foolery. ‘Stop thy gammocks.’
1899 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 264 Our Tryphee ain't tried any more gammicks wi' that 'ere ‘'igh art cookery’ o' hern—chillies, indeed!
1904 C. M. Gaskell Old Shropshire Life 258 She has dared to come here... I tell thee I'll have naught to do with witches and their devil gammocks.
2. As mass noun: fun, sport; foolery.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > entertainment > [noun]
gleea700
playeOE
gameeOE
lakec1175
skentingc1175
wil-gomenc1275
solacec1290
deduit1297
envesurec1300
playingc1300
disport1303
spilea1325
laking1340
solacingc1384
bourdc1390
mazec1390
welfarea1400
recreationc1400
solancec1400
sporta1425
sportancea1450
sportingc1475
deport1477
recreancea1500
shurting15..
ebate?1518
recreating1538
abatementc1550
pleasuring1556
comfortmenta1558
disporting1561
pastiming1574
riec1576
joyance1595
spleen1598
merriment1600
amusement1603
amusing1603
entertainment1612
spleena1616
divertisement1651
diversion1653
disportment1660
sporting of nature1666
fun1726
délassement1804
gammock1841
pleasurement1843
dallying1889
rec1922
good, clean fun1923
cracka1966
looning1966
shoppertainment1993
1841 C. H. Hartshorne Salopia Antiqua Gloss. Gamock, foolish sport, practical jokes.
1891 S. O. Addy Suppl. Gloss. Words Sheffield (at cited word) She's too much gammock about her.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

gammockv.

Brit. /ˈɡamək/, U.S. /ˈɡæmək/
Forms: see gammock n.2; also 1800s– gammick (U.S. regional (Kentucky)).
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: gammock n.2
Etymology: < gammock n.2
Chiefly English regional. Now rare.
intransitive. To frolic, romp; to fool or ‘lark’ about; (also) to gossip, chatter.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > frolic [verb (intransitive)]
floxec1200
ragea1275
to dance antics1545
rig1570
to keep (also play) reaks1573
wanton1582
wantonize1592
frolic1593
wantonize1611
hoit1613
mird?c1625
to play about1638
freak1663
romp1665
rump1680
ramp1735
jinket1742
skylark1771
to cut up1775
rollick1786
hoity-toity1790
fun1802
lark1813
gammock1832
haze1848
marlock1863
train1877
horse1901
mollock1932
spadger1939
grab-ass1957
1832 A. M. Hall Buccaneer I. xiv. 315 Crisp comes gammocking up, wagging his tail, seeming in the best of good humours.
1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words I. 265 Our John's always going gammocking about.
1863 G. A. Sala Strange Adventures Capt. Dangerous I. viii. 225 I was gammocking in a hayfield with another lass.
1919 I. Zangwill Jinny the Carrier xiii. 536 ‘Poor Mr. Flynt—he's got a great admiration for you...’ ‘Oi guessed you and him been gammickin'.’
1923 E. Gepp Essex Dial. Dict. (ed. 2) 52 Gammock, to frolic, show foolery.
1941 J. Still On Troublesome Creek 141 Uncle Mize took the fresh start like a sheep takes to March grass, gammicking o'er his farm, worrying a crap [= crop] in, [etc.].

Derivatives

ˈgammocking n.
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1839 C. Clark John Noakes & Mary Styles 14 At gammickin' John's Mary oft Seem'd rayther ov a sinner.
a1895 E. Smith MS Coll. Warwicks. Words in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1900) II. 551/1 What a noise you are making. Stop your gammocking.
1948 S. L. Bensusan Salt of Marshes 208 ‘Good morning, Mrs. Patient,’ she began, ‘may I have a word with you?’ ‘I ain't much time f'r gammickin',’ declared Mrs. Patient ominously.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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