Hamstring

From Fresh Dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Noun 1.2 Verb 2 Swedish 2.1 Verbal noun

English

Noun

Singular hamstring

Plural hamstrings

1. (Anatomy) 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.

Verb

Infinitive to hamstring

Third person singular hamstrings

Simple past hamstrung

Past participle hamstrung

Present participle hamstringing

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

   Quotations

   • So have they hamstrung the valor of the subject by seeking to effeminate us all at home. - Milton

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Swedish

Verbal noun

Hamstring c

1. The act of buying large supplies of something which is belived to become more expensive or more difficult to get at in the near future.