Definition of "hamstring" []

Any of the tendons at the rear hollow of the human knee. (noun)
The hamstring muscle. (noun)
The large tendon in the back of the hock of a quadruped. (noun)
To cut the hamstring of (an animal or a person) and thereby cripple. (verb-transitive)
To destroy or hinder the efficiency of; frustrate: "These worthwhile books are often hamstrung by unimaginative formats and inaccurate art" ( Don Lessem). (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "hamstring" in a sentence

"He left the game in the fourth quarter with what he called a hamstring strain."
"Calderon sat out the final quarter with what he called a hamstring cramp in Wednesday's loss to the Sixers in Philadelphia."
"Calderon sat out the final 16 minutes of Wednesday's 106-96 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers with what he called a hamstring cramp."

Words like "hamstring"

bedevil cripple crucify disable dun

frustrate hams hamstringing hamstrings hamstrung

hock hough incapacitate lame rag

sinew spade tendon torment