hams

See also: Häms

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

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).

Anagrams

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

Danish

Noun

hams c

1. indefinite genitive singular of ham

Icelandic

Noun

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

Declension

Declension of hams (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hams	hamsinn	hamsar	hamsarnir
accusative	hams	hamsinn	hamsa	hamsana
dative	hamsi	hamsinum	hömsum	hömsunum
genitive	hams	hamsins	hamsa	hamsanna

References

• 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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse hams.

Noun

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

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References

• “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

Old Norse

Etymology

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Noun

hams m (genitive hams)

1. snakeskin
2. husk

Declension

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

Further reading

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