Hamstring

['hæmstrɪŋ]

(noun.) one of the tendons at the back of the knee.

(verb.) cripple by cutting the hamstring.

(verb.) make ineffective or powerless; 'The teachers were hamstrung by the overly rigid schedules'.

Inputed by Bennett--From WordNet

(n.) 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.

(v. t.) To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough; hence, to cripple; to incapacitate; to disable.

Editor: Rebekah

v. a. Hough.

Checker: Ophelia

n. the great tendon at the back of the knee or hock of the hind-leg of a quadruped.—v.t. to lame by cutting the hamstring.

Editor: Maynard