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hamstrings

hamstrings is the plural of hamstring.

hamstrings is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hamstring.

Meaning of hamstring

Noun

hamstring (plural hamstrings)

  1. 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.
    • Lanctot slipped the tourniquet around the other, just under his groin, and twisted it tight, clamping quadriceps and hamstring hard to bone.2021 October 20, C. J. Chivers, “Fear on Cape Cod as Sharks Hunt Again”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 17 Feb 2022
  2. (informal) The biceps femoris, semimembranosus, and semitendinosus muscles.
    • 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.2010, Adam Garett, “Fried Hams”, in Reps!, 17:23
    Synonyms:
    hams, hammy, hammie

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Questions about hamstrings

What is hamstrings the plural of?
Hamstrings is the plural of hamstring.

Words near hamstrings in the dictionary

  1. hamstringed
  2. hamstringer
  3. hamstringers
  4. hamstringing
  5. hamstringings
  6. hamstrings
  7. hamstrung
  8. Hamsun
  9. Hamsunian
  10. HAMT
  11. Hamtai

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