hamster wheel
To cycle fruitlessly.
I was shocked that I'd forgotten about the game that morning, but my mind had hamster-wheeled around for hours during the night, long after I should have been asleep.
hamster
/ˈhæm(p)stɚ/
noun 3verb 1
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4ADJ.
blond, enough, escaped, golden, jabberwocky, new, puffy, small
VERB + HAMSTER
ate, bear, feel, got, killed, let, like, name
HAMSTER + NOUN
cheeks, christmas, cookie, i've
PREP.
around, in, on, out
Definitions
noun
1
Any of various Old World rodent species belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae.
The hamster stuffed his puffy cheeks with food.
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.
2
Any of various Old World rodent species belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae.
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).
verb
1
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.
[…] 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 […]
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The hamster stuffed his puffy cheeks with food.
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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,
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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 t
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[…] 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 […]
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[…] eastern children frequently “hamstered,” smuggled, and begged across the boundary, especially after currency reform […]
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This hamster is small enough to carry in your pocket.
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