(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.

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

plural of hamstring

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hamstring

present participle of hamstring

An instance of somebody being hamstringed.

plural of hamstringer

One who hamstrings.

simple past tense and past participle of hamstring

plural of hamstringing