Definitions for: Hamstring


[n] one of the tendons at the back of the knee
[v] cripple by cutting the hamstring
[v] make ineffective or powerless; "The teachers were hamstrung by the overly rigid schedules"



Webster (1913) Definition: Ham"string`, n. (Anat.)
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.]
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.

Synonyms: hamstring tendon

See Also: bedevil, cripple, crucify, dun, frustrate, lame, rag, sinew, tendon, torment

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