1 one of the five TENDONS behind the knee that connect the muscles of the upper leg to the bones of the lower leg:
a hamstring injury * She's pulled a hamstring.
2 a TENDON behind the middle joint (= HOCK) of the back leg of a horse and some other animals
verb (hamstrung, hamstrung sth from working or taking action in the way that is needed
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