hamstring

English

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 muscle.
   • 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.

Synonyms

• (biceps femoris): hams

Translations

One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or space back of the knee

• Arabic: وتر المأبض (ar) (watar al-maʔbad) m
• Danish: hase (da)
• Finnish: kinnerjänne (fi)
• Russian: подколенное сухожилие (ru) (podkolénnoje suxožílije) n, (colloquial) поджилки (ru) (podžílki) f pl

• Swedish: knäsena (sv) c, hassena (sv) c

biceps femoris — see biceps femoris

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough; hence, to cripple; to incapacitate; to disable.
   • So have they hamstrung the valor of the subject by seeking to effeminate us all at home. - John Milton

Translations

To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough; hence, to cripple; to incapacitate; to disable

• Finnish: lamaannuttaa, rampauttaa

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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		uncountable
Common	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)