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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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