Definitions for hamstring

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hamstring ham·string

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IPA: /ˈhæmˌstrɪŋ/

Hamstring is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 614 anagrams from letters in hamstring (aghimnrst).

Definitions for hamstring

noun

1. (in humans and other primates) any of the tendons that bound the ham of the knee.
2. (in quadrupeds) the great tendon at the back of the hock.

verb (used with object)

1. to disable by cutting the hamstring or hamstrings; cripple.
2. to render powerless or useless; thwart:

Origin of hamstring

First recorded in 1555-65; ham¹ + string

Examples for hamstring

Try single leg curls to really test your hamstring and glute strength.

Following this, at the other end of the gym, Keith handed me a pole for hamstring extensions.

He could not reach the hamstring, as his horse could not gain the proper position.

Feinstein worried that this language might hamstring American foreign policy decision makers as a result.

Miranda Green on whether a federal law is needed—or will hamstring cops.

Would it not be safer to hamstring the bull before he comes on?

They rushed on the count and his lances, and began to hamstring the horses.

hamstring their horses, and burn their chariots with fire, etc..

The boy then sprang forward, and raised a knife as if to hamstring the pony.

What madness, then, for the ex-speaker to hamstring himself by pledging not to go negative.