straight-arm

(strāt′ärm′) Football tr.v. straight-armed, straight-arm·ing, straight-arms 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.n. The act or an instance of straight-arming.

straight-arm

adj (Rugby) rugby (of a tackle) performed with the arm fully extended vb (American Football) (tr) to ward off (an opponent) with the arm outstretched

straight′-arm`

v.t. 1. to deflect (an opponent) by pushing away with the arm held out straight; stiff-arm. n. 2. an act or instance of straight-arming. [1900–05]

straight-arm

Past participle: straight-armed
Gerund: straight-arming

Imperative
straight-arm
straight-arm

Present
I straight-arm
you straight-arm
he/she/it straight-arms
we straight-arm
you straight-arm
they straight-arm

Preterite
I straight-armed
you straight-armed
he/she/it straight-armed
we straight-armed
you straight-armed
they straight-armed

Present Continuous
I am straight-arming
you are straight-arming
he/she/it is straight-arming
we are straight-arming
you are straight-arming
they are straight-arming

Present Perfect
I have straight-armed
you have straight-armed
he/she/it has straight-armed
we have straight-armed
you have straight-armed
they have straight-armed

Past Continuous
I was straight-arming
you were straight-arming
he/she/it was straight-arming
we were straight-arming
you were straight-arming
they were straight-arming

Past Perfect
I had straight-armed
you had straight-armed
he/she/it had straight-armed
we had straight-armed
you had straight-armed
they had straight-armed

Future
I will straight-arm
you will straight-arm
he/she/it will straight-arm
we will straight-arm
you will straight-arm
they will straight-arm

Future Perfect
I will have straight-armed
you will have straight-armed
he/she/it will have straight-armed
we will have straight-armed
you will have straight-armed
they will have straight-armed

Future Continuous
I will be straight-arming
you will be straight-arming
he/she/it will be straight-arming
we will be straight-arming
you will be straight-arming
they will be straight-arming

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been straight-arming
you have been straight-arming
he/she/it has been straight-arming
we have been straight-arming
you have been straight-arming
they have been straight-arming

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been straight-arming
you will have been straight-arming
he/she/it will have been straight-arming
we will have been straight-arming
you will have been straight-arming
they will have been straight-arming

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been straight-arming
you had been straight-arming
he/she/it had been straight-arming
we had been straight-arming
you had been straight-arming
they had been straight-arming

Conditional
I would straight-arm
you would straight-arm
he/she/it would straight-arm
we would straight-arm
you would straight-arm
they would straight-arm

Past Conditional
I would have straight-armed
you would have straight-armed
he/she/it would have straight-armed
we would have straight-armed
you would have straight-armed
they would have straight-armed

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Noun

straight-arm - (American football) the act of warding off a tackler by holding the arm fully extended with the hand against the opponentevasive action, maneuver, manoeuvre - an action aimed at evading an opponentAmerican football, American football game - a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays

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

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