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hamster
- /ˈhæm(p)stə/ Australia, UK
- /ˈham(p)stə/ British, Northern England, Southern
- /ˈhæm(p)stɚ/ US
- /ˈham(p)stəɾ/ Scotland
- /ˈhɛm(p)stə/ New Zealand
Where it comes from
Borrowed from German Hamster (see for etymology). Displaced earlier term German rat.
noun hamsters · hampster
- Any of various Old World rodent species belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae. The hamster stuffed his puffy cheeks with food.
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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.
Similar: Syrian hamster
- 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).
verb hamsters · hamstering · hamstered · hampster
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To secrete or store privately, as a hamster does with food in its cheek pouches.
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.
Similar: stash
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: cricetid, cricetide, golden hamster, deer mouse, cardiocraniine, guinea pig, mouse, hystricomorph, heteromyd, catarhine, cavy, castorimorph, chinchilla rat, vole, tree rat, capromyid
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noun rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae
| Español | hámster |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 햄스터 haemseuteo, 뵤 byo |
| 日本語 | ハムスター hamusutā, 絹毛鼠 kinugenezumi, キヌゲネズミ kinugenezumi |
| 中文 | 倉鼠 /仓鼠 cāngshǔ |
| हिन्दी | हैम्स्टर haimsṭar |
| Português | hamster |
| Français | hamster, rat de blé |
| Deutsch | Hamster |
| Italiano | criceto |
| Ελληνικά | χάμστερ chámster |
| Română | hamster, hârciog |
| Русский | хомя́к xomják |
| Tiếng Việt | chuột ham-tơ, ham-tơ |
| العربية | قَدَاد qadād, هَامِسْتَر hāmistar |
| עברית | אוֹגֵר ogér |
Talk about this word "hamster." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hamster. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. hamster. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hamster "hamster." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hamster.Cite this
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title = {hamster},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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