|noun|
1.Any of five tendons at the back of a person’s knee.
‘he pulled a hamstring’
‘The lift is actually performed by the leg muscles (quadriceps, hamstrings, and gluteus maximus) on the way up.’
2.The great tendon at the back of a quadruped’s hock.
‘Do not run down the rear of the leg when nearing the hock as it is easy to cut the hamstring and cause lameness.’
‘They can go to the neck and slice the jugular vein and carotid artery; they can cut the hamstring above the hock; they can cut the band on top of the neck.’
|verb|
1.Cripple (a person or animal) by cutting their hamstrings.
‘He hammered the remnants of his blade into the chest of the one who shattered it, and jumped to avoid a swipe that would have hamstrung him.’
‘Squall pushed aside the chair that Mathers was trying to hamstring him with.’
2.Severely restrict the efficiency or effectiveness of.
‘we were hamstrung by a total lack of knowledge’
‘Its construction has been hamstrung by numerous delays and corruption scandals.’
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|noun|
‘he pulled a hamstring’
