Straight Arm

Word STRAIGHT ARM
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Definitions and meanings of "Straight Arm"

What do we mean by straight arm?

To ward off (a tackler) by holding the arm out straight with the elbow locked and the palm of the hand placed against the opponent's body; stiff-arm. transitive verb

The act or an instance of straight-arming. noun

To ward off by holding the arms out straight verb

An instance of this noun

(American football) the act of warding off a tackler by holding the arm fully extended with the hand against the opponent noun

An instance of warding off by holding the arms out straight.

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The word "straight-arm" in example sentences

Tom gave him a good straight-arm shove, running-back style. ❋ L.J. SMITH (2010)

I took my straight-arm crutches and fell into them like a failed trust exercise. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This would of course be entirely unfair as the Queen is bound by rigid protocol and utterly incapable of offering a straight-arm salute or even a regally-gloved single finger by way of a reply. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Jace marched Simon upstairs and down a short hallway lined with doors; he paused only to straight-arm one of them open, a scowl on his face. ❋ Cassandra Clare (2009)

All major Committees of jurisdiction in the House and Senate that have voted on ObamaCare have given the Republicans the straight-arm clothesline for those football fans and all while President Obama has been proclaiming his desire to reach out to Republicans. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He can throw a straight-arm and still protect the ball. ❋ Unknown (2009)

My form is lousy in this example -- the knees should be straight, the toes pointed, or the judges take off for it; and the best way for full ROM stretch is to go for a straight-arm hang between reps, but this was my third set of the day. ❋ Steve Perry (2009)

LaMarcus Coker countered for Tennessee a little more than 2 minutes later, using a nifty straight-arm to fend off linebacker Sean Lee before sprinting through a hole on the left side and outrunning the pursuit to finish a ❋ Unknown (2007)

The cultural, and now political, straight-arm to adherents of the Christian faith in San Francisco has been increasingly public in the last two years. ❋ De Brantigny........................ (2008)

UP UNTIL THEN, Clinton had been able to straight-arm the problem by refusing to answer the "have you ever" questions that undid Gary Hart. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Alemanno was once a neo-fascist youth leader, and his victory parade was chock-a-block with straight-arm Nazi salutes and cries of Duce! ❋ Unknown (2008)

LaMarcus Coker countered for Tennessee a little more than 2 minutes later, using a nifty straight-arm to fend off linebacker Sean Lee before sprinting through a hole on the left side and outrunning the pursuit to finish a 42-yard touchdown run. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Government schools in the USA popularized the straight-arm salute for three decades before, and through, the creation of the National Socialist German Workers 'Party (NSGWP). ❋ Unknown (2007)

NOTE: This is a straight-arm movement, which is different from the Tricep Pushdown, where the arms were bent at the elbows. ❋ Jim Karas (2007)

NOTE: This is a straight-arm movement and is different than the Tricep Extension, where the arms were bent at the elbows. ❋ Jim Karas (2007)

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