1. One of the tendons at the back of the knee
   "Athletes often stretch their hamstrings to prevent injury";
   - hamstring tendon

1. Make ineffective or powerless
   "The teachers were hamstrung by the overly rigid schedules"
    
2. Cripple by cutting the hamstring
   "The cruel act hamstrung the horse, leaving it unable to run"

Derived forms: hamstringing, hamstrings, hamstrung

Type of: bedevil, cripple, crucify, dun, frustrate, lame, rag, sinew, tendon, torment

Encyclopedia: Hamstring