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(hæmstrɪŋ)
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense hamstrings, present participle hamstringing, past tense, past participle hamstrung
1. countable noun
A hamstring is a length of tissue or tendon behind your knee which joins the muscles of your thigh to the bones of your lower leg.
Webster has not played since suffering a hamstring injury in the opening game.
2. verb
If you hamstring someone, you make it very difficult for them to take any action.
If he becomes the major opposition leader, he could hamstring a conservative-ledcoalition. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: thwart, stop, block, prevent More Synonyms of hamstring
More Synonyms of hamstring

hamstring in British English

(ˈhæmˌstrɪŋ)
noun
1.  anatomy
any of the tendons at the back of the knee
▶ Related adjective: popliteal
2. 
the large tendon at the back of the hock in the hind leg of a horse, etc
verbWord forms: -strings, -stringing or -strung (transitive)
3. 
to cripple by cutting the hamstring of
4. 
to ruin or thwart
Word origin
C16: ham1 + string

hamstring in American English

(ˈhæmˌstrɪŋ)
noun
1. 
one of the tendons at the back of the human knee
2. 
the large tendon at the back of the hock in a four-legged animal
3. 
any of three large muscles that form the back of the thigh and work together to flex the leg, extend the thigh, etc.
: in full hamstring muscle
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈhamˌstrung or ˈhamˌstringing
4. 
to disable by cutting a hamstring
5. 
to lessen or destroy the power or effectiveness of

Examples of 'hamstring' in a sentence
hamstring

He missed two months last season with a hamstring problem.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Missed the last two games with hamstring trouble.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He played while recovering from a hamstring injury.
The Sun (2016)
He has missed two months of this season with a hamstring problem.
The Sun (2016)
The midfielder has only made two appearances since picking up a hamstring injury on the opening day of the season.
The Sun (2016)
The Arsenal striker has struggled with a hamstring problem recently.
The Sun (2016)
The Bath winger will have a scan today on a hamstring injury he picked up in training.
The Sun (2017)
There have been back and hamstring injuries too, totalling more nearly three years out of the game.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
And seeing his only fit, recognised full-back crash to the floor clutching his left hamstring only made matters worse.
The Sun (2016)
The forward sat out training yesterday with a tight hamstring.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The midfield player has been sidelined for the past month with knee and hamstring problems.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Fàbregas reported for duty but returned to his club with a hamstring problem.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Last week my hamstring felt tight through fatigue and playing games.
The Sun (2011)
But strong performances are hamstrung by staging problems.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
His foot is the problem but his hamstring is also tight.
The Sun (2007)
Last year he was left clutching his hamstring in the pit of doom after only one qualifying jump.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He does not get injured that often but he asked to come off because of his left hamstring.
The Sun (2016)
The only way it would happen would be to tear a tendon or a hamstring or something like that.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The full back is set to return to full training today after missing the past four weeks with a hamstring injury.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The Gloucester centre only recently returned from four months out with a damaged hamstring.
The Sun (2010)
The Ukrainian has missed the last two games with a hamstring injury.
The Sun (2007)
The Argentine star has missed the last two games with a hamstring problem.
The Sun (2014)
The England forward has been troubled by a hamstring injury and is lacking match fitness.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
I was missing a lot of games because of hamstring injuries.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Diego Costa suffered a hamstring strain that required a midweek rush to a doctor renowned for curing muscular injuries with horse placenta.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He played last Wednesday and he's only just come back from a hamstring injury.
The Sun (2009)
The City captain was booked for the foul and substituted at half-time after complaining of hamstring trouble.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The Portuguese right-back is still recovering from a hamstring strain.
The Sun (2012)
City's Spanish playmaker has struggled with hamstring and back complaints.
The Sun (2012)
Last season he was sidelined by shoulder, back, knee and hamstring problems.
The Sun (2010)
He had surgery on a hamstring tendon in Germany a month ago and will return to England next week to continue his rehabilitation.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
There have been worries about Bolt's fitness in the wake of those defeats with his back and hamstring troubles flaring up again.
The Sun (2012)
Both wingers are carrying injuries, although Bale is expected to have recovered from a hamstring strain after he trained on his own yesterday.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
There is, for example, an apparatus purely for the hamstrings at the back of the legs and one for the shoulder muscles.
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In other languages
hamstring

British English: hamstring NOUN
A hamstring is a length of tissue or tendon behind your knee which joins the muscles of your thigh to the bones of your lower leg.
He has not played since suffering a hamstring injury in the opening game.
  • American English: hamstring
  • Brazilian Portuguese: tendão do jarrete
  • Chinese: 腘绳肌腱
  • European Spanish: ligamento de la corva
  • French: tendon du jarret
  • German: Kniesehne
  • Italian: tendine del ginocchio
  • Japanese: 膝腱
  • Korean: 오금줄
  • European Portuguese: tendão do jarrete
  • Latin American Spanish: ligamento de la corva

Chinese translation of 'hamstring'

hamstring

(ˈhæmstrɪŋ)

n (c)

  1. 腱 (jiàn) (根, gēn)

vt

  1. [person, development] 使受挫 (shǐ shòucuò)
1 (verb) 
Definition
to make it difficult for someone to take any action
He could hamstring a conservative-led coalition.
Synonyms
thwart
They were doing all they could to thwart the opposition.
stop
I think she really would have liked to stop everything right there.
block
All attempts to complain to his superiors were blocked.
prevent
We took steps to prevent it happening.
These methods prevent pregnancy.
ruin
frustrate
The government has deliberately frustrated his efforts.
handicap
Greater levels of stress may seriously handicap some students.
curb
foil
A brave police chief foiled an armed robbery.
obstruct
The authorities are obstructing the investigation.
impede
Fallen rocks are impeding the progress of rescue workers.
balk
fetter
He would not be fettered by bureaucracy.
2 (verb) 
A poacher had hamstrung the animal.
Synonyms
lame
injure
A bomb exploded, seriously injuring five people.
disable
cripple
hock

related words

related adjective popliteal

Additional synonyms

in the sense of balk
Definition
to thwart, check, or foil
Synonyms
foil,
check,
bar,
defeat,
prevent,
frustrate,
baffle,
thwart,
hinder,
obstruct,
counteract,
disconcert,
forestall
in the sense of block
Definition
to impede, retard, or prevent (an action or procedure)
All attempts to complain to his superiors were blocked.
Synonyms
prevent,
stop,
check,
bar,
frustrate,
foil,
thwart,
obstruct,
forestall,
nip in the bud
in the sense of fetter
Definition
to prevent from behaving freely and naturally
He would not be fettered by bureaucracy.
Synonyms
restrict,
bind,
confine,
curb,
restrain,
hamstring,
hamper,
encumber,
clip someone's wings,
trammel,
straiten

Nearby words of
hamstring

  • hammer away at something
  • hammer something out
  • hamper
  • hamstring
  • hamstrung
  • hand
  • hand in glove

Synonyms of 'hamstring'

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