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hamster en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈhæm(p)stə/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈham(p)stə/ (British, Northern-England, Southern, Standard, Wales)
  • /ˈham(p)stəɾ/ (Scotland)
  • /ˈhæm(p)stɚ/ (US)
  • /ˈhɛm(p)stə/ (New-Zealand)
  • audio SSB

Etymology

Borrowed from German Hamster (see for etymology). Displaced earlier term German rat.

Meanings

  1. Any of various Old World rodent species belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae.
    • Since the pregnancy interceptive agents or the menses regulators may also influence the development of either trophoblasts or the maternal cells (epithelial and stromal) at the embryo attachment site, another in vitro assay method using using trophoblast cells of hamster and mouse isolated from a preplacental organelle, the ectoplacental cone, has been developed. 2013, George deStevens, Ernst Jucker, V. Zingel, Progress in Drug Research, page 166:
    • The hamster stuffed his puffy cheeks with food.
  2. Any of various Old World rodent species belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae. ▸ In particular, a rodent of the species Mesocricetus auratus (the golden hamster) or of a species of the genera Cricetiscus and Phodopus (the dwarf hamsters), often kept as a pet or used in scientific research.
  3. Any of various other rodents of similar appearance, such as the maned hamster or crested hamster, Lophiomys imhausi, mouse-like hamsters of genus Calomyscus, and the white-tailed rat (Mystromys albicaudatus).

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
hampster alternative, obsolete lexicographic
hamsters Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

Chinese hamster ovary cell · hamstering · rationalisation hamster · hamsterer · hamsterlike · Russian winter white dwarf hamster · Siberian hamster · hamster wheel · hamsterless · Chinese hamster · Dzungarian hamster · Siberian dwarf hamster · rationalization hamster · hamstery · Djungarian hamster · mouse-like hamster · antihamster · hamster ball · golden hamster · winter white Russian hamster · hamsterization · hamster style · hammy · idea hamster

Descendants

hamster · ハムスター · 햄스터 · hamster · hamster · แฮมสเตอร์ · hamstair

Relateds

rat · mouse · gerbil · guinea pig

Synonyms

Syrian hamster (golden hamster)

Translations (103)

gd hamstair (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · zlw-opl skrzeczek (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · nn hamster (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · dlm viala (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · br hamster (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · mhr арлан (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · bg ха́мстер (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · fa موش بزرگ (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · lv kāmis (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · ko 햄스터 (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · tr hamster (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · sl hrček (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · oc amstèr (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · my ဟမ်းစတား (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · ja キヌゲネズミ (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · kaa balpaq tıshqan (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · mhr комаголя (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · fur cricęt (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · fo hamstrari (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · af hamster (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · ka ზაზუნა (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · vi ham-tơ (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · fi hamsteri (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · uz ogʻmaxon (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · tl hamster (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · vo kriset (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · pt hamster (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · eu hamster (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · mrj ӓрлӓн (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · ky хомяк (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · it criceto (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · ru хомя́к (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · he אוֹגֵר (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · ja 絹毛鼠 (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · az dağsiçanı (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · ar هَامِسْتَر (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · fr rat de blé (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · ms tikus belanda (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · ga hamstar (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · is hamstur (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · dsb zemcygaŕ (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · kk атжалман (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · lt žiurkėnas (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · cy bochdew (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · ce оьпа (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · kum авлакъ чычкъан (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · arz هَامِسْتَر (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · fy hamster (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · sv hamster (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · ja ハムスター (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · cs křeček (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · hi हैम्स्टर (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · fa همستر (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · nb hamster (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · ro hamster (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · rm raffun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · uk хом'я́к (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · io hamstro (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · tg миримӯшон (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · pl chomik (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · cmn 倉鼠 /仓鼠 (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · de Hamster (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · zlw-opl krzeczek (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · eo hamstro (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · hy համստեր (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · orv хомѣкъ (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · et hamster (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · ca hàmster (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · ia hamster (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · el χάμστερ (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · tt әрлән (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · alt эрлен (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · nl hamster (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · rm furmanter (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · ba алйырҙан (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · ro hârciog (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · da hamster (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · rm raspun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · es hámster (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · sk škrečok (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · mk хрчак (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · be хамя́к (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · bg хомя́к (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · mrj ӓрлӓнгы (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · vi chuột ham-tơ (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · udm арлан (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · ko(rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · gl hámster (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · th แฮมสเตอร์ (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · ar قَدَاد (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · mt ħamster (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · mn шишүүхэй (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · hu hörcsög (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · sh hŕčak (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · fr hamster (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · fo hamstur (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · ba ирлән (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · mn үхэр зусаг (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · sq hamster (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · kw hamster (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · sh хр́чак (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · id hamster (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae) · hsb žurk (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)

hamster en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈhæm(p)stə/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈham(p)stə/ (British, Northern-England, Southern, Standard, Wales)
  • /ˈham(p)stəɾ/ (Scotland)
  • /ˈhæm(p)stɚ/ (US)
  • /ˈhɛm(p)stə/ (New-Zealand)
  • audio SSB

Etymology

Borrowed from German Hamster (see for etymology). Displaced earlier term German rat.

Meanings

  1. (ambitransitive) To secrete or store privately, as a hamster does with food in its cheek pouches.
    • […] eastern children frequently “hamstered,” smuggled, and begged across the boundary, especially after currency reform […] 2014, Edith Sheffer, Burned Bridge: How East and West Germans Made the Iron Curtain:
    • Probably the city government knew that without that hamstering half the city would starve and they somehow got the police to lay off. It was in the little stinky one-horse towns that you had all the trouble. 1974, Phyllis Knight, Rolf Knight, A Very Ordinary Life, page 43:
    • […] in his bedroom in neat stacks — he always hamstered them away upstairs as soon as the morning was done. This year the gifts sat ignored […] 2004, Sharon L. Pywell, What Happened to Henry, page 50:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
hamsters Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
hamstering Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hampster alternative, obsolete lexicographic
hamstered Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hamstered Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

stash

Translations (7)

nb hamstre (to stash like a hamster, to hoard) · de hamstern (to stash like a hamster, to hoard) · nl hamsteren (to stash like a hamster, to hoard) · lb hamsteren (to stash like a hamster, to hoard) · sv hamstra (to stash like a hamster, to hoard) · nn hamstra (to stash like a hamster, to hoard) · ru хомячить (to stash like a hamster, to hoard)