| 单词 | stiff-arm |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstiff-arm stiff-arm v. (transitive) (occasionallyabsol.) to fend off or push with a stiff arm; hence figurative, to rebuff or reject; also as n. usually attributive) in Rugby and U.S. Football, the act of tackling or fending off a tackle with a stiff arm. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)] > rebuff rebut1488 reject1529 counterbuff1579 rebuffa1586 repel1593 slighta1616 to blow off1631 squab1812 respue1818 snout1916 stiff-arm1927 to knock back1930 to brush off1941 the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > push and pull [verb (transitive)] > push > aside > with a stiff arm stiff-arm1927 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > rugby football > [noun] > actions or manoeuvres scrimmaging1776 throw on1845 rush1857 catch1858 maul1860 touch1863 mauling1864 touch-in-goal1869 goal-kicking1871 throw-forward1871 sidestepping1877 handing1882 punting1882 heel1886 touch kicking1889 forward pass1890 scrumming1892 touch-finding1895 heeling1896 wheel1897 scrag1903 reverse pass1907 jinka1914 hand-off1916 play-the-ball1918 gather1921 pivot pass1922 sidestep1927 smother-tackle1927 stiff-arm1927 heel-back1929 scissors1948 rucking1949 loose scrummaging1952 cut-through1960 pivot break1960 put-in1962 chip kicking1963 box kicking1971 peel1973 chip and chase1976 tap penalty1976 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > rugby football > play rugby football [verb (transitive)] > actions to player maul1856 tackle1884 to hand off1886 screw1887 sidestep1911 smother1920 stiff-arm1927 sprig1939 spear tackle1969 card1986 yellow card2011 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > American football > [noun] > actions or manoeuvres rush1857 punt-out1861 goal-kicking1871 safety1879 safety touchdown1879 scrimmage1880 rushing1882 safety touch1884 touchback1884 forward pass1890 run1890 blocking1891 signal1891 fake1893 onside kick1895 tandem-play1895 pass play1896 spiral1896 shift1901 end run1902 straight-arm1903 quarterback sneak1904 runback1905 roughing1906 Minnesota shift1910 quarterbacking1910 snap-back1910 pickoff1912 punt return1914 screen forward pass1915 screen pass1920 power play1921 sneak1921 passback1922 snap1922 defence1923 reverse1924 carry1927 lateral1927 stiff-arm1927 zone1927 zone defence1927 submarine charge1928 squib1929 block1931 pass rushing1933 safetying1933 trap play1933 end-around1934 straight-arming1934 trap1935 mousetrap1936 buttonhook1938 blitzing1940 hand-off1940 pitchout1946 slant1947 strike1947 draw play1948 shovel pass1948 bootleg1949 option1950 red dog1950 red-dogging1951 rollout1951 submarine1952 sleeper pass1954 draw1956 bomb1960 swing pass1960 pass rush1962 blitz1963 spearing1964 onsides kick1965 takeaway1967 quarterback sack1968 smash-mouth1968 veer1968 turn-over1969 bump-and-run1970 scramble1971 sack1972 nose tackle1975 nickel1979 pressure1981 1927 G. S. Lowman Pract. Football vii. 85 In all stiff arm and shifting have the body slightly inclined toward the tackler. 1927 G. S. Lowman Pract. Football xii. 218 When playing in the line, the defensive center should stiff-arm his opponent back into the play. 1934 Crisler & Wieman Pract. Football vii. 86 The ball carrier is more easily stopped in the hole than anywhere else, since he cannot dodge, sidestep, reverse or stiff-arm at that point. 1945 Tee Emm (Air Ministry) 5 50 Ward off attack by kicking or stiffarming the shark... Kick or stiff-arm a shark to push him away. 1950 Sport 24 Mar. 9/1 Vindictive hacking and ‘stiff arm’ jabs were the rule rather than the exception. 1968 Listener 8 Aug. 189/2 There had been the fury of the British backs meeting persistent stiff-arm and late tackling, although these almost automatic fouls were only occasionally penalised. 1973 R. Stout Please pass Guilt (1974) xi. 109 On the phone you stiff-armed me. You put me in my place. 1974 A. A. Thompson Swiss Legacy xviii. 185 She tried to slam the door, but McAllister stiff-armed it violently against the wall. stiff-arm a. Collocations forming phrases used attributively, as stiff-arm, stiff-brim, stiff-clay, stiff-land, stiff-leg, stiff-mud, stiff-plate. ΚΠ 1779 W. Marshall Exper. & Observ. conc. Agric. & Weather 24 I will not manure a stiff-land Meadow in winter. 1884 C. T. Davis Pract. Treat. Manuf. Bricks (1889) 184 Stiff-clay bricks, or stiff-mud bricks as they are generally termed. 1896 ‘M. Twain’ in Harper's Mag. Aug. 356/1 It was the first season anybody wore that kind—a black stiff-brim stove-pipe. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 7 Mar. 11/1 The boiler in English locomotives is invariably carried on a stiff-plate frame. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 25 Aug. 4/2 It..is a sort of stiff-arm punch which returns the ball very close to the net. 1930 Engineering 10 Oct. 449/2 The material—sand and gravel—was..unloaded by means of a stiff-leg derrick. 1932 W. Faulkner Light in August ii. 27 He wore a tie and a stiffbrim straw hat that was quite new. 1943 Sun (Baltimore) 26 Nov. 6/3 The tower was first welded together on the ground. It was then lifted into its foundation by heavy lines attached to two high especially built ‘stiff-leg’ cranes. < as lemmas |
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