Hamstring Definition & Meaning | Bay Area Crosswords

About The Word Hamstring

Learn about the word Hamstring to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Hamstring definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Hamstring

Hamstring Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Hamstring? [n] one of the tendons at the back of the knee [v] cripple by cutting the hamstring [v] make ineffective or powerless; "The teachers were hamstrung by the overly rigid schedules" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Hamstring: hamstring tendon Related Terms \| Find terms related to Hamstring: bugger \| burden \| castrate \| cramp \| cripple \| cumber \| debilitate \| de-energize \| deflate \| disable \| disarm \| disenable \| drain \| emasculate \| embarrass \| enchain \| encumber \| enfeeble \| enmesh \| ensnarl \| entangle \| entoil \| entrammel \| entrap \| entwine \| fetter \| gag \| hamper \| handcuff \| handicap \| hobble \| hog-tie \| hors de combat \| impede \| inactivate \| incapacitate \| involve \| kibosh \| knock out \| lame \| lime \| lumber \| maim \| manacle \| muzzle \| net \| paralyze \| press down \| prostrate \| put \| queer \| queer the works \| sabotage \| saddle with \| shackle \| silence \| snarl \| spike \| strangle \| tangle \| throttle \| toil \| trammel \| truss up \| unfit \| weaken \| weigh down \| wing \| wreck See Also \| bedevil \| cripple \| crucify \| dun \| frustrate \| lame \| rag \| sinew \| tendon \| torment Hamstring In Webster's Dictionary \Ham"string`\, n. (Anat.) 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. \Ham"string`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hamstrung}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hamstringing}. See {String}.] To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough; hence, to cripple; to incapacitate; to disable. So have they hamstrung the valor of the subject by seeking to effeminate us all at home. --Milton.

Hamstring Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hamstring?

[n] one of the tendons at the back of the knee
[v] cripple by cutting the hamstring
[v] make ineffective or powerless; "The teachers were hamstrung by the overly rigid schedules"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Hamstring: hamstring tendon

Hamstring In Webster's Dictionary

\Ham"string`\, n. (Anat.)
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.


\Ham"string`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hamstrung}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Hamstringing}. See {String}.]
To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee;
to hough; hence, to cripple; to incapacitate; to disable.

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

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

Petaurista petaurista ‐ East Indian…
Wallace stevens ‐ United States poet…
Crosstie ‐ one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track;…
Whitish ‐ tending toward white [adj] resembling milk in color or cloudiness;…
Lepista irina ‐ an edible agaric with large silky white caps and…
Ponka ‐ the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Ponca people [n] a member of…
Moss green ‐ of a moderate somewhat dull…
Navy base ‐ base of operations for a…
Mary ii ‐ Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; she was the eldest…
Monopolization ‐ domination (of a market or commodity) to the exclusion…