A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles or small animals

(transitive) To put into a hamper.

(transitive) To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle / To impede in motion or progress.

A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes. / (nautical) Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times.

Any of various Old-World rodent species belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae.

(transitive, intransitive) To secrete or store privately, as a hamster does with food in its cheek pouches.

A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.

(intransitive) To lie in a hammock. / (transitive, of a cloth) To hang in a way that resembles a hammock. / (transitive) To make something be wrapped tight, like in a hammock.

The portion of a hammer containing the metal striking face (also including the claw or peen if so equipped).

(anatomy) One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or space back of the knee, and connected with the muscles of the back of the thigh.