English dictionary

hamstring

/'h/&/m,str/I//N/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

one of the tendons at the back of the knee

noun.body

Synonyms hamstring tendon

Source: WordNet 3.0
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.

noun

Source: webster1913

make ineffective or powerless

verb.emotion

Source: WordNet 3.0
cripple by cutting the hamstring

verb.body

Source: WordNet 3.0
To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough; hence, to cripple; to incapacitate; to disable.

verb

Source: webster1913