straight-arm (redirected from straight-arms)

straight-arm (strtärm)

tr.v. straight-armed, straight-arm·ing, straight-arms

1. 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.

2. To force or ward off by or as if by holding the arm out straight.

n. Football

The act or an instance of straight-arming.

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straight-arm - (American football) the act of warding off a tackler by holding the arm fully extended with the hand against the opponent evasive action, maneuver, manoeuvre - an action aimed at evading an opponent American 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