Hamstring vs. Hough
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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 schedulesHamstringverb
cripple by cutting the hamstring
