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单词 straight-arm
释义

straight-arm

[ streyt-ahrm ]
/ ˈstreɪtˌɑrm /

verb (used with object)

Football. to push (a potential tackler) away by holding the arm out straight; stiff-arm.
to force, push, or fend off by or as if by holding out a stiff arm against obstacles: He straight-armed his way into the middle of the crowded room.

noun

Football. an act or instance of straight-arming.
Also stiff-arm.

Words nearby straight-arm

straight, straight A, straight-ahead, straight and narrow, straight angle, straight-arm, straight arm lift, straight arrow, straight as an arrow, straightaway, straight-backed
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Example sentences from the Web for straight-arm

  • By-and-by these exercises will come as easy as was the straight-arm work.

    How to Get Strong and How to Stay So|William Blaikie

  • He rushed and drove a straight-arm jab, which had it reached would have given him the purse.

    The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IV. (of X.)|Various

  • He lunged forward as he spoke, shooting a straight-arm blow for Fyfe's face.

    Big Timber|Bertrand W. Sinclair

British Dictionary definitions for straight-arm

straight-arm

adjective

rugby (of a tackle) performed with the arm fully extended

verb

(tr) to ward off (an opponent) with the arm outstretched
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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