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Definition: HAMSTRINGING

Part of Speech Definition
Verb 1. Present participle conjugation of the verb hamstring.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(hamstring)		 1. Make ineffective or powerless.[Wordnet].
2. Cripple by cutting the hamstring.[Wordnet].
3. To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough; hence, to cripple; to incapacitate; to disable.[Websters].
4. To cripple, paralyze, maim, disable or mangle.[Eve - graph theoretic]
5. To mutilate.[Eve - graph theoretic]
6. To hock.[Eve - graph theoretic]
7. To frustrate, foil, thwart or stultify.[Eve - graph theoretic]
8. To hamper, obstruct, block, clog or impede.[Eve - graph theoretic]
9. To torment or crucify.[Eve - graph theoretic]
10. Base verb from the following inflections: hamstringing, hamstringed, hamstrings, hamstringer, hamstringers, hamstringingly and hamstringedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

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Date "Hamstringing" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1878. (references)


Extended Definition: HAMSTRINGING

Hamstringing

Hamstringing is a method of crippling a person so he or she cannot walk properly, by cutting the two large tendons at the back of the knees. A victim of this cannot stand properly, walk or run once the hamstring tendons have been cut. The victim is limited to use of the muscles on the top of the thigh for controlling the legs.

"Hamstringing" or "to be hamstrung" is also a metaphor which refers to putting someone at any unfair disadvantage with respect to their competitors.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Hamstringing". Image Credit.
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Topics by Level of Interest: HAMSTRINGING

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Translations: HAMSTRINGING

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Al Arabiya أَعْجَزَ (cripple, crippled, cripples, crippling, defeat), إِعْجاز (balking, crippling, disablement, disablements, foiling), إِحْباط (frustration, balking, crippling, despair, despaired), عُرْقُوب (hamstring, hamstringing, hamstrings, hamstrung), عَرْقَب (hamstring, hamstringing, hamstrings, hamstrung), عَجَّزَ (balk, incapacitate, balked, balking, balks), تَخْيِيب (defeat, balking, crippling, defeated, defeating). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, hamstringing. (volunteer & more translations)
Al Fus-Ha أَعْجَزَ (cripple, crippled, cripples, crippling, defeat), إِعْجاز (balking, crippling, disablement, disablements, foiling), إِحْباط (frustration, balking, crippling, despair, despaired), عُرْقُوب (hamstring, hamstringing, hamstrings, hamstrung), عَرْقَب (hamstring, hamstringing, hamstrings, hamstrung), عَجَّزَ (balk, incapacitate, balked, balking, balks), تَخْيِيب (defeat, balking, crippling, defeated, defeating). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, hamstringing. (volunteer & more translations)
Arabic أَعْجَزَ (cripple, crippled, cripples, crippling, defeat), إِعْجاز (balking, crippling, disablement, disablements, foiling), إِحْباط (frustration, balking, crippling, despair, despaired), عُرْقُوب (hamstring, hamstringing, hamstrings, hamstrung), عَرْقَب (hamstring, hamstringing, hamstrings, hamstrung), عَجَّزَ (balk, incapacitate, balked, balking, balks), تَخْيِيب (defeat, balking, crippling, defeated, defeating). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, hamstringing. (volunteer & more translations)
High Arabic أَعْجَزَ (cripple, crippled, cripples, crippling, defeat), إِعْجاز (balking, crippling, disablement, disablements, foiling), إِحْباط (frustration, balking, crippling, despair, despaired), عُرْقُوب (hamstring, hamstringing, hamstrings, hamstrung), عَرْقَب (hamstring, hamstringing, hamstrings, hamstrung), عَجَّزَ (balk, incapacitate, balked, balking, balks), تَخْيِيب (defeat, balking, crippling, defeated, defeating). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, hamstringing. (volunteer & more translations)
Scots Gaelic tochadh (hamstringing). Additional references: Scots Gaelic, United Kingdom, hamstringing. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish incapacitando (incapacitating, hamstringing). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, hamstringing. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: HAMSTRINGING

Language Translations for “hamstringing” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag hathagamstrathagingathaging (hamstringing). Additional references: Athag, hamstringing. (volunteer)
Double Dutch hagamstragingaging (hamstringing). Additional references: Double Dutch, hamstringing. (volunteer)
Leet #/\[V]51P\¦]\[&¦]\[& (hamstringing). Additional references: Leet, hamstringing. (volunteer)
Oppish hopamstropingoping (hamstringing). Additional references: Oppish, hamstringing. (volunteer)
Pig Latin amstringinghay (hamstringing). Additional references: Pig Latin, hamstringing. (volunteer)
Terran B tochadhita (hamstringing). Additional references: Terran B, hamstringing. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi hubamstrubingubing (hamstringing). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, hamstringing. (volunteer)
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