Noun
- 1. hamstring, hamstring tendon, tendon, sinew
- usage: one of the tendons at the back of the knee
Verb
- 1. hamstring, torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate
- usage: make ineffective or powerless; "The teachers were hamstrung by the overly rigid schedules"
- 2. hamstring, cripple, lame
- usage: cripple by cutting the hamstring
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