NOUN
- (American football) the act of warding off a tackler by holding the arm fully extended with the hand against the opponent
How To Use straight-arm In A Sentence
- Within five minutes of the resumption, however, they were down to 14 men after Quinnell straight-armed Lamaison around the neck.
- One of the finest sights in all sport is a bowler with a smooth rhythmic run-up delivering the ball with an arched back and a flawless straight-arm action.
- Gutter crutch (arthritis crutch) For children who, due to elbow pain or stiffness, cannot use straight-arm crutches. Chapter 7
- I stepped out to tell Harry about Mr. Cutter and ran into a straight-arm block with a wall of meat behind it. THE HUNDREDTH MAN