Doubt caused by the possibilities of two or more alternatives or courses of action. With reference to the indecisiveness of Hamlet's actions when he debates whether or not to kill Claudius
by stok May 4, 2006
Get the hamletismmug. smaller than a village - larger than a wide spot in the road, a hamlet usually has considerably less than 200 people and is usually tied to agriculture (although many housing subdivisions could loosely be described as hamlets, especially when incorpirated and containing a minimal number of people).
A hamlet can either be dispersed (particularly in the USA), or clustered (see urban).
It is often located at the crossing of two minor thouroughfares (at a crossroads). Most intentional communities, if not a village and and not tied into the fabric of a larger entity, could be described as hamlets.
A hamlet can either be dispersed (particularly in the USA), or clustered (see urban).
It is often located at the crossing of two minor thouroughfares (at a crossroads). Most intentional communities, if not a village and and not tied into the fabric of a larger entity, could be described as hamlets.
The documentary film "Rabbit Hash - Center of the Universe" was about an old and remote river hamlet which contains a small art colony on the western end of the Kentucky portion of the Cincinnati Ohio metropolitan area (near another hamlet called Big Bone) that elected a dog for mayor, not once, but twice! The First dog was named Goofy.
Eucla is a hamlet of around 50 people that serves as a regional centre for the Nullarbor Plain of Australia.
Eucla is a hamlet of around 50 people that serves as a regional centre for the Nullarbor Plain of Australia.
by Miskatonic Jack 2 December 9, 2008
Get the hamletmug. 1) verb. To deliberate incessantly about a course of action that will lead to the same conclusion in any case.
2) verb. To be or not to be.
3) noun. A small cottage.
2) verb. To be or not to be.
3) noun. A small cottage.
1) Dude! stop hamleting. Whether you ask her out or not she's not gonna sleep with you.
2) S**t. He just pulled a hamlet.
3) I want to live in that hamlet
2) S**t. He just pulled a hamlet.
3) I want to live in that hamlet
by phlat.boy January 13, 2009
Get the Hamletmug. A small unit of ham, usually a leg, made from genetically altered dwarf pigs, the legs of which are about the same size as that of a chicken's. Eaten in Shakespearean times from suckling pigs, currently a booming market overseas, especially in China.
by Cloudwacher22 December 24, 2007
Get the Hamletmug. by alan Michale September 2, 2005
Get the Hamletsmug. Jon gave me a present! I got a hamlet and he's very sweet. He needs lots of care though, as he is only little x
by Pro ass December 13, 2008
Get the Hamletmug.