hamster
noun
ham·ster
ˈham(p)-stər 
: any of a subfamily (Cricetinae) of small Old World rodents having very large cheek pouches
Examples of hamster in a Sentence
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The dysfunctional responses in the face of these recurring quarrels can leave you feeling stuck on a hamster wheel.
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Mark Travers, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
Capybaras are the world’s largest rodent and are related to guinea pigs, hamsters and mice.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2023
Therefore, we as a people are doomed to remain on a hamster wheel of injustice, getting reprieves here and there but generally finding ourselves in the same place but in different centuries.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 15 Mar. 2024
Each was furnished with material the rats could burrow in and had one of those exercise wheels familiar from hamster cages, except that the wheels were the size of bicycle wheels.
—WIRED, 7 Oct. 2023
The hamster spent all day on a yellow wheel, ignoring the other attractions in its cage.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
But there was no fanfare at the Tucson shelter when the Guinea pigs, rabbits, hamsters and rats arrived.
—Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
Citizens’ groups, citing potential threats including a risk to native hamsters in Bavaria, have essentially blocked a key artery bringing power from wind farms in the north to cities in the south.
—Stanley Reed, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2023
Facebook Twitter Show more sharing options Animal lovers from near and far joined forces to help save dozens of the hundreds of rabbits, guinea pigs, rats and hamsters that remain unaccounted for after being sent to Arizona last month.
—Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2023
Mark Travers, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
Capybaras are the world’s largest rodent and are related to guinea pigs, hamsters and mice.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2023
Therefore, we as a people are doomed to remain on a hamster wheel of injustice, getting reprieves here and there but generally finding ourselves in the same place but in different centuries.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 15 Mar. 2024
Each was furnished with material the rats could burrow in and had one of those exercise wheels familiar from hamster cages, except that the wheels were the size of bicycle wheels.
—WIRED, 7 Oct. 2023
The hamster spent all day on a yellow wheel, ignoring the other attractions in its cage.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
But there was no fanfare at the Tucson shelter when the Guinea pigs, rabbits, hamsters and rats arrived.
—Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
Citizens’ groups, citing potential threats including a risk to native hamsters in Bavaria, have essentially blocked a key artery bringing power from wind farms in the north to cities in the south.
—Stanley Reed, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2023
Facebook Twitter Show more sharing options Animal lovers from near and far joined forces to help save dozens of the hundreds of rabbits, guinea pigs, rats and hamsters that remain unaccounted for after being sent to Arizona last month.
—Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2023
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hamster
noun
ham·ster
ˈham(p)-stər
: any of various small Old World rodents with a short tail and large cheek pouches
Medical Definition
hamster
noun
ham·ster
ˈham(p)-stər
: any of numerous Old World rodents (Cricetus or a related genus) having very large cheek pouches and including several used as laboratory animals
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