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Ham·string

/ˈhamˌstriNG/

noun
- 1. any of five tendons at the back of a person's knee: "he pulled a hamstring"
- ▪ the great tendon at the back of a quadruped's hock.
verb
- 1. cripple (a person or animal) by cutting their hamstrings. Similar cripplelamehockdisablehandicapinjure
- ▪ severely restrict the efficiency or effectiveness of: "we were hamstrung by a total lack of knowledge" Similar handicapconstrainrestrictcrippleshacklefetterencumberblockfrustratecrampbridlehamperhinderobstructimpedeinhibitretardbalkthwartfoilcurbdelayset backslow downhold backhold uprestraincheckcurtailinformal:stymieborkliterary:trammelrare:cumberOpposite help
Word Origin 16th century: from ham1 + string.
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In human anatomy, a hamstring is any one of the three posterior thigh muscles between the hip and the knee. Wikipedia
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