STRAIGHT-ARM

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("straight-arm" is a kind of...):

evasive action; maneuver; manoeuvre (an action aimed at evading an opponent)

Domain category:

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)

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