Associations to the word «Hamstring»
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Wiktionary
HAMSTRING, noun. (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.
HAMSTRING, noun. (informal) The biceps femoris muscle.
HAMSTRING, verb. (transitive) To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough; hence, to cripple; to incapacitate; to disable.
Dictionary definition
HAMSTRING, noun. One of the tendons at the back of the knee.
HAMSTRING, verb. Make ineffective or powerless; "The teachers were hamstrung by the overly rigid schedules".
HAMSTRING, verb. Cripple by cutting the hamstring.
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