Sekirov Dictionary

hamster wheel

noun 2
verb 1
forms 6

noun2

A circular cage for a hamster or other small rodent, which rotates vertically as the animal runs at its base.
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(figurative) A monotonous, repetitive, unfulfilling activity, especially one in which no progress is achieved.
- The overall mood of this volume is one of melancholy and loss, weary resignation to one's lot—trudging round and round on the rusty hamster wheel of life. — 2002

verb1

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(informal) 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. — 2015

forms

hamster wheeled · hamster-wheeled · hamster wheeling · hamster-wheeling · hamster wheels · hamster-wheels

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