HAMSTRING


Meaning of HAMSTRING in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ hæmstrɪŋ ]

( hamstrings, hamstringing, hamstrung)

1.

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.

N-COUNT

2.

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-led coalition.

VERB : V n

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