hamstring

Plural: hamstrings

Noun

one of the tendons at the back of the knee
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.
The biceps femoris, semimembranosus, and semitendinosus muscles.

Verb

make ineffective or powerless
cripple by cutting the hamstring
To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough.
To cripple; to incapacitate; to disable.

Origin / Etymology

From ham (“region back of the knee joint”) + string.

Synonyms

hamstring tendon, cripple, disable, hammie, hammy, hams, hock, hough, hox, incapacitate

Scrabble Score: 15

hamstring: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
hamstring: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hamstring: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

hamstring: valid Words With Friends Word