hamstring
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈhæmstɹɪŋ/
hamstring (plural hamstrings)
- (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.
- (informal) The biceps femoris, semimembranosus, and semitendinosus muscles.
- Synonyms: 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.
- French: ischio-jambier
- German: Hüftgelenkextensoren, ischiocrurale Muskulatur, rückseitige Oberschenkelmuskulatur
- Russian: подколе́нное сухожи́лие
hamstring (hamstrings, present participle hamstringing; past and past participle hamstrung)
- (transitive) To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough.
- Synonyms: hock, hough, hox
- (transitive, figurative) To cripple; to incapacitate; to disable. [from 1640s]
- Synonyms: cripple, incapacitate, disable
- 1641, John Milton, Of Reformation:
- So have they hamstrung the valor of the subject by seeking to effeminate us all at home.
- French: paralyser
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