Any of various Old-World rodent species belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae.

(transitive, intransitive) To secrete or store privately, as a hamster does with food in its cheek pouches.

(transitive) To tie (an animal) by a rope binding the head to one of the forelegs. / (transitive, figuratively) To bind or restrain; to impose restrictions upon.

(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.

(transitive) To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough. / (transitive, figuratively) To cripple; to incapacitate; to disable.

The Hand of Fatima.

(informal) A very creative person; someone who is always able to come up with fresh ideas.

A small rodent, Mesocricetus auratus, popular as a pet and used for scientific research.

(figuratively) Restricted as if by being crippled with a hamstring.

simple past tense and past participle of hamstring