hamstring
English
/ˈhæmstɹɪŋ/
noun
Definitions
- (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.
Etymology
Affix from English ham (actor of low grade, region back of the knee joint, overacting inferior performer, incompetent pugilist) + English string.
Origin
English
string
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bandstring English
- bitstring English
- bonnetstring English
- bootstring English
- bowstring English
- butter-ham English
- bytestring English
- capstring English
- checkstring English
- destring English
- docstring English
- drawstring English
- eyestring English
- fiddlestring English
- gutstring English
- hairstring English
- ham English
- ham-fisted English
- hambeast English
- hambone English
- hamese English
- hamfat English
- hamfest English
- hamlike English
- hammy English
- hamshackle English
- hamstringer English
- harpstring English
- hatstring English
- heartstring English
- hyperstring English
- interstring English
- latchstring English
- lifestring English
- linestring English
- metastring English
- ministring English
- nanostring English
- protostring English
- pullstring English
- pursestring English
- restring English
- shoestring English
- slipstring English
- string English
- stringable English
- stringbacks English
- stringbed English
- stringboard English
- stringcourse English
- stringer English
- stringification English
- stringify English
- stringization English
- stringize English
- stringless English
- stringlike English
- stringline English
- stringology English
- stringpiece English
- stringy English
- substring English
- superstring English
- unstring English
- wordstring English
- String German
- string Dutch, Flemish
- string French
- string Portuguese
- string Swedish
- ストリング Japanese
- ハム Japanese
- hamme Middle English
- string Middle English
- แฮม Thai
- ham Cebuano
- 햄 Korean
- string Tok Pisin
- ham
- hammy
- hamfat
- hamese
- string
- hamlike
- hambone
- hamfest
- stringy
- stringer
- destring
- unstring
- hambeast
- restring
- gutstring
- hatstring
- capstring
- stringify
- substring
- stringize
- stringbed
- eyestring
- bowstring
- docstring
- bitstring
- shoestring
- stringlike
- harpstring
- stringline
- hairstring
- bootstring
- stringable
- bandstring
- stringless
- metastring
- nanostring
- butter-ham
- wordstring
- hamshackle
- ham-fisted
- linestring
- slipstring
- lifestring
- pullstring
- drawstring
- ministring
- bytestring
- interstring
- stringpiece
- heartstring
- superstring
- protostring
- checkstring
- latchstring
- stringology
- pursestring
- hamstringer
- hyperstring
- stringbacks
- stringboard
- fiddlestring
- bonnetstring
- stringcourse
- stringization
- stringification