hams
See also: Häms
English
Pronunciation
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Noun
hams
- plural of ham
- (exercise, slang) The hamstring muscles; the biceps femoris
- 2010, Adam Garett, “Fried Hams”, in Reps!, 17:23:
- Powerful hip extension is essential if you hope to squat heavier, jump higher or run faster, making it essential to train the hams using focused hip-extension exercises (like the romanian deadlift).
Danish
Icelandic
Noun
hams m
- (rare) skin
- (rare, except in phrases) mood
- að vera heitt í hamstri
- to be angry about something
- að vera heitt í hamstri
- brown bits left over after animal fat has been melted
- hamsatólg
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
hams m (definite singular hamsen, indefinite plural hamsar, definite plural hamsane)
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Old Norse
Etymology
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References
- “hams”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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