hamstring

hamstring

English

hamstrings

Etymology

ham (“region back of the knee joint”) +‎ string

Noun

hamstring (plural hamstrings)

1. (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.
2. (informal) The biceps femoris, semimembranosus, and semitendinosus muscles.

   Synonym: hams

   • 2010, Adam Garett, "Fried Hams", Reps! 17:23

     Developing muscle around both sides of a joint (think biceps and triceps, abs and low back, quads and hamstrings) should be one of your primary training considerations because strength on each side leads to lower injury rates.

Translations

great tendon

Arabic: وَتَر اَلْمَأْبَض‎ m (watar al-maʾbaḍ) Bulgarian: колянно сухожилие n (koljanno suhožilie) Danish: hase (da) Finnish: kinnerjänne (fi) French: ischio-jambier (fr) m German: Hüftgelenkextensoren m pl, ischiocrurale Muskulatur f, rückseitige Oberschenkelmuskulatur f

Irish: teannán ioscaide m Maori: iohere kātete Russian: подколе́нное сухожи́лие n (podkolénnoje suxožílije), (colloquial) поджи́лки (ru) f pl (podžílki) Swedish: knäsena c, hassena c Tagalog: litid sa alakalakan Welsh: llinyn y gar m

biceps femoris — see biceps femoris

Verb

hamstring (third-person singular simple present hamstrings, present participle hamstringing, simple past and past participle hamstrung or hamstringed)

1. (transitive) To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough.

   Synonyms: hock, hough, hox

2. (transitive, figuratively) To cripple; to incapacitate; to disable. [from 1640s]

   Synonyms: cripple, incapacitate, disable

   • So have they hamstrung the valor of the subject by seeking to effeminate us all at home. - John Milton

Hypernyms

• See Thesaurus:disable

Translations

to disable

Arabic: عَقَرَ‎ (ʿaqara) Bulgarian: осакатявам (bg) (osakatjavam), контузвам (bg) (kontuzvam)

Finnish: lamaannuttaa (fi), rampauttaa French: paralyser (fr)

Anagrams

• Stringham

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Swedish

Etymology

hamstra +‎ -ing

Noun

hamstring c

1. hoarding, the act of gathering or hoarding consumables in anticipation of a shortage (like a hamster hides food in its cheeks)

Declension

Declension of hamstring
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	hamstring	hamstringen	—	—
Genitive	hamstrings	hamstringens	—	—

Related terms

• hamster
• hamstrare
• hamstringsvåg

References

• hamstring in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)