Synonyms for hamstring
- verb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Cripple — to cripple; to incapacitate; to disable
2. Hock — to lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough
Other
Noun
1. Hammy — the biceps femoris, semimembranosus, and semitendinosus muscles
Other
Definitions
- v. 1
To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough.
- v. 2
To cripple; to incapacitate; to disable.
- n. 1
The biceps femoris, semimembranosus, and semitendinosus muscles.
Related words
- Is a kind of
- disable
Forms
- Plural
- hamstrings → hammies, thwarts…
- Past participle
- hamstringed
e.g. hamstringed → crippled, disabled, lamed, incapacitated…
Example sentences
- hock The U.S. is in hock up to its eyeballs.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| hamstring | rising | |
| hock | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- hox
- 4 letters
- lame1, hams1, hock1
- 5 letters
- hough1, hammy
- 6 letters
- thwart1, hammie, hockle
- 7 letters
- disable3, cripple2
- 12 letters
- incapacitate5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (disable3 = 3 syllables).