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Meaning of hamstring

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

hamstring

Pronunciation:/ˈhæmstɹɪŋ/

noun

Definitions

  1. 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. The biceps femoris, semimembranosus, and semitendinosus muscles.

    Synonyms:hams

verb

Definitions

  1. To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough.

    Synonyms:hockhoughhox

  2. To cripple; to incapacitate; to disable.

    Synonyms:crippledisableincapacitate
Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hamstring

Related words

paralysingcripplingsemitendinosussemimembranosusquadriceps tendonthighvastusbiceps femoris