Hamstring vs. Hough

Hamstring vs. Hough — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Hamstring and Hough

Hamstringnoun

(anatomy) 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.

Houghnoun

The hollow behind the knee.

Hamstringnoun

(informal) The biceps femoris, semimembranosus, and semitendinosus muscles.

Houghverb

To hamstring.

Hamstringverb

(transitive) To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough.

Hamstringverb

To cripple; to incapacitate; to disable.

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Hamstringnoun

one of the tendons at the back of the knee

Hamstringverb

make ineffective or powerless;

The teachers were hamstrung by the overly rigid schedules

Hamstringverb

cripple by cutting the hamstring