Definition of "straight-arm" []

• Football 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. (verb-transitive)
• To force or ward off by or as if by holding the arm out straight. (verb-transitive)
• Football The act or an instance of straight-arming. (noun)

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• "I took my straight-arm crutches and fell into them like a failed trust exercise."
• "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."
• "Tom gave him a good straight-arm shove, running-back style."