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"Hamstring" Definition

noun

Any of the tendons at the rear hollow of the human knee.
The hamstring muscle.
The large tendon in the back of the hock of a quadruped.
Either of two groups of tendons at the back of the human knee.
Any of three muscles at the back of the thigh that function to flex and rotate the leg and extend the thigh.

verb-transitive

To cut the hamstring of (an animal or a person) and thereby cripple.
To destroy or hinder the efficiency of; frustrate: "These worthwhile books are often hamstrung by unimaginative formats and inaccurate art" ( Don Lessem).

verb

To make ineffective or powerless .
To cripple by cutting the leg tendons.

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