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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

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