hamstring

Speech parts

1. hamstring - Noun

2. hamstring - Verb

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

fetter retard bridle cripple hobble trammel limit stop block check delay arrest restrict halt foil
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Antonyms

further support help foster aid forward
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Hypernyms

dun cripple rag lame torment frustrate

Derivatives

hamstrung hamstringing

Anagrams

Stringham

Examples

I never lifted a weight in my life. Why am I going to do steroids? That's not going to do me any good. We didn't have any weights in our clubhouse. We had one exercise bike and that was for the guy who tweaked his hamstring. And that thing didn't even work half the time. George Brett

There is no real justification for a requirement that a budget of any sort should be balanced, except as a rallying point for those who seek to hamstring government. William Vickrey

The worst injury I have ever suffered in the ring was a torn triceps; they had to take a piece of my hamstring to repair the tear. It was brutal; I was out for 6 months. Dave Bautista

I really love the Olympics: Daley Thompson's back-flip, Derek Redmond's father helping him finish the 400m after his hamstring snapped at the 1992 Games in Barcelona, Carl Lewis, Michael Johnson, Sir Steve Redgrave - childhood memories are flooded with these moments and idols. Giles Duley

The teachers were hamstrung by the overly rigid schedules Source: Internet

A hamstring injury had precluded Perriman from running at the NFL Combine, but now the son of NFL star Brett Perriman had the scouting community’s full attention. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

hamstery Hamstra Hamstreet hamstring tendon hamstringer hamstringing