hamstring, hamstring tendon
(noun) one of the tendons at the back of the knee
hamstring
(verb) cripple by cutting the hamstring
hamstring
(verb) make ineffective or powerless; “The teachers were hamstrung by the overly rigid schedules”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
hamstring (plural hamstrings)
(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.
Synonym: hams
hamstring (third-person singular simple present hamstrings, present participle hamstringing, simple past and past participle hamstringed or hamstrung)
(transitive) To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough.
Synonyms: hock, hough, hox
(transitive, figurative) To cripple; to incapacitate; to disable. [from 1640s]
Synonyms: cripple, incapacitate, disable
• See disable
• Stringham
Source: Wiktionary
Ham"string`, n. (Anat.)
Definition: 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.
Ham"string`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hamstrung; p. pr. & vb. n. Hamstringing. See String.]
Definition: To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough; hence, to cripple; to incapacitate; to disable. So have they hamstrung the valor of the subject by seeking to effeminate us all at home. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 January 2025
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