'Hamstring' definitions:
Definition of 'hamstring'
(from WordNet)
noun
One of the tendons at the back of the knee [syn: hamstring, hamstring tendon]
verb
Make ineffective or powerless; "The teachers were hamstrung by the overly rigid schedules"
verb
Cripple by cutting the hamstring
Definition of 'Hamstring'
From: GCIDE
- Hamstring \Ham"string`\ (h[a^]m"str[i^]ng`), n. (Anat.) 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Hamstring'
From: GCIDE
- Hamstring \Ham"string`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hamstrung; p. pr. & vb. n. Hamstringing. See String.] To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough; hence, to cripple; to incapacitate; to disable. [1913 Webster]
- So have they hamstrung the valor of the subject by seeking to effeminate us all at home. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'hamstring'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bugger,
- burden,
- castrate,
- cramp,
- cripple,
- cumber,
- de-energize,
- debilitate,
- deflate,
- disable,
- disarm,
- disenable,
- drain,
- emasculate,
- embarrass,
- enchain,
- encumber,
- enfeeble,
- enmesh,
- ensnarl,
- entangle,
- entoil,
- entrammel,
- entrap,
- entwine,
- fetter,
- gag,
- hamper,
- handcuff,
- handicap,
- hobble,
- hog-tie,
- hors de combat,
- impede,
- inactivate,
- incapacitate,
- involve,
- kibosh,
- knock out,
- lame,
- lime,
- lumber,
- maim,
- manacle,
- muzzle,
- net,
- paralyze,
- press down,
- prostrate,
- put,
- queer,
- queer the works,
- sabotage,
- saddle with,
- shackle,
- silence,
- snarl,
- spike,
- strangle,
- tangle,
- throttle,
- toil,
- trammel,
- truss up,
- unfit,
- weaken,
- weigh down,
- wing,
- wreck