Hamstring vs. Hough
Hamstring and Hough Definitions
Hamstring
Any of the tendons at the rear hollow of the human knee.
Hough
The hollow behind the knee.
Hamstring
Or hamstrings The hamstring muscle.
Hough
Obsolete spelling of hoe
Hamstring
The large tendon in the back of the hock of a quadruped.
Hough
Alternative form of hoe#Etymology 3
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Hamstring
To cut the hamstring of (an animal or a person) and thereby cripple.
Hough
To hamstring.
Hamstring
To destroy or hinder the efficiency of; frustrate
"These worthwhile books are often hamstrung by unimaginative formats and inaccurate art" (Don Lessem).
Hough
Archaic spelling of hoe
Hamstring
(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.
Hough
Same as Hock, a joint.
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Hamstring
(informal) The biceps femoris, semimembranosus, and semitendinosus muscles.
Hough
An adz; a hoe.
Hamstring
(transitive) To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough.
Hough
Same as Hock, to hamstring.
Hamstring
To cripple; to incapacitate; to disable.
Hough
To cut with a hoe.
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Hamstring
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.
Hamstring
To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough; hence, to cripple; to incapacitate; to disable.
So have they hamstrung the valor of the subject by seeking to effeminate us all at home.
Hamstring
One of the tendons at the back of the knee
Hamstring
Make ineffective or powerless;
The teachers were hamstrung by the overly rigid schedules
Hamstring
Cripple by cutting the hamstring
