stiff-arm

[ stif-ahrm ]
/ ˈstɪfˌɑrm /

verb (used with object), noun

straight-arm.

Origin of stiff-arm

First recorded in 1905–10

Words nearby stiff-arm

stiegel, stieglitz, stiff, stiff as a board, stiff upper lip, stiff-arm, stiff-man syndrome, stiff-necked, stiffen, stiffener, stiffy

Example sentences from the Web for stiff-arm

  • Stiff-arm your man and hold him off until you see what's doing.

    Left Guard Gilbert |Ralph Henry Barbour

  • But you see what I mean about that stiff-arm business, don't you?

    Left Guard Gilbert |Ralph Henry Barbour

  • Shorty queried anxiously, as Smoke broke a third egg and dexterously thrust him back with a stiff-arm jolt on the breast.

    Smoke Bellew |Jack London

  • Think that stiff-arm gesture and bark might have been intended to represent a rifle?

    Little Fuzzy |Henry Beam Piper