hamstring

== English == === Etymology === From ham (“region back of the knee joint”) +‎ string. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhæmstɹɪŋ/ Rhymes: -æmstɹɪŋ === Noun === 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, hammy, hammie ==== Translations ==== === Verb === hamstring (third-person singular simple present hamstrings, present participle hamstringing, simple past and past participle hamstrung or hamstringed) (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 ==== Hypernyms ==== See Thesaurus:disable ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Stringham == Swedish == === Etymology === hamstra +‎ -ing === Noun === hamstring c hoarding, the act of gathering or hoarding consumables in anticipation of a shortage (like a hamster hides food in its cheeks) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== hamster hamstrare hamstringsvåg === References === hamstring in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)