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Definition of: hamstring
(ham′string′) noun
1. A tendon of the thigh, back of the knee.
2. The large sinew at the back of the hock of the hind leg of a quadruped.
—v.t. ·strung, ·string·ing
1. To cut the hamstring of; cripple; disable.
2. To cripple (a whale) by cutting the fluke–tendons.
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