hamstring (n.)

  1. one of the tendons at the back of the knee

    [ Syn: hamstring tendon ]

    hamstring (v.)

  1. make ineffective or powerless; The teachers were hamstrung by the overly rigid schedules'

  2. cripple by cutting the hamstring

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