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• hamstring, hamstrung — A hamstring is one of the tendons around the hollow of the knee. (One meaning of the word ham applies to the part of the human leg back of the knee.) As a verb, hamstring means to cripple or disable, to render powerless : You are trying to… …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

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• hamstring — (v.) 1640s, to disable, render useless, a figurative verbal extension from the noun hamstring tendon at the back of the knee (1560s), from ham bend of the knee (see HAM (Cf. ham) (1)) + STRING (Cf. string). Cutting this would render a person or… …   Etymology dictionary

• hamstring — /ˈhæmstrɪŋ / (say hamstring) noun 1. (in humans) any of the tendons bounding the ham, or hollow of the knee. 2. (in quadrupeds) the great tendon at the back of the hock. –verb (t) (hamstrung or, Rare, hamstringed, hamstringing) 3. to cut the… …  

• hamstring — n. & v. Anat. n. 1 each of five tendons at the back of the knee in humans. 2 the great tendon at the back of the hock in quadrupeds. v.tr. (past and past part. hamstrung or hamstringed) 1 cripple by cutting the hamstrings of (a person or animal) …   Useful english dictionary