hamstring
📖 Definitions
noun
1. Any of the tendons at the back of the knee.
2. Any of the three muscles in the back of the thigh, connecting the pelvis and the knee.
verb tr.
1. To disable or make ineffective.
2. To cut the hamstring.
💬 Usage Examples
“Why hamstring your own side with needless restrictions?” Publish and Perish?; The Economist (London, UK); May 3, 2003.