hamstrings

/HH AE1 M S T R IH0 NG Z/
noun
  1. 1

    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.

  2. 2

    The biceps femoris, semimembranosus, and semitendinosus muscles.

    syn:hams

Synonyms

hams
verb
  1. 1

    To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough.

    syn:hockhoughhox
  2. 2

    To cripple; to incapacitate; to disable.

    syn:crippledisableincapacitate

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