Thesaurus: hamstring

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1. n. 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.
2. v. t. To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough; hence, to cripple; to incapacitate; to disable.
3. n. one of the tendons at the back of the knee
4. v. make ineffective or powerless
5. v. cripple by cutting the hamstring
6. 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. 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.
7. One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, orspace back of the knee, and connected with the muscles of the back ofthe thigh.
8. n:100 n. one of the tendons at the back of the knee v. make ineffective or powerless v. cripple by cutting the hamstring