hams

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hams

1. plural of ham
2. (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).

• SAHM, sham, HMAS, Mahs, MSHA, AShM, MASH, HSAM, MHAs, Mash, Sham, Samh, Sahm, HMAs, mash, AMHS

hams c

1. indefinite genitive singular of ham

hams m (genitive singular hams, nominative plural hamsar)

1. (rare) skin
2. (rare, except in phrases) mood

   að vera heitt í hamstri ― to be angry about something

3. brown bits left over after animal fat has been melted
   1. hamsatólg

• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “hams”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies

From Old Norse hams.

hams m (definite singular hamsen, indefinite plural hamsar, definite plural hamsane)

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• “hams” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “hams”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
• “hams” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

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hams m (genitive hams)

1. snakeskin
2. husk

• Icelandic: hams
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hams
• Norwegian Bokmål: hams

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “hams”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive