HAMSTRING

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

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Etymology

Noun

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

Verb

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

Hypernyms

• See disable

Anagrams

• Stringham

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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