STRAIGHT-ARM


Meaning of STRAIGHT-ARM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈstrāt-ˌärm ]

noun

Date: 1903

: an act or instance of warding off a person or thing by pushing with the palm of the hand with the arm fully extended from the shoulder and the elbow locked — called also stiff-arm

• straight-arm verb

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.