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straight-arming

straight-arming is the present participle and gerund of straight-arm.

Meaning of straight-arm

Verb

straight-arm (third-person singular simple present straight-arms, present participle straight-arming, simple past and past participle straight-armed)

  1. To ward off by holding the arms out straight.
    Synonyms:
    stiff-arm

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Questions about straight-arming

What is straight-arming the present participle and gerund of?
Straight-arming is the present participle and gerund of straight-arm.

Words near straight-arming in the dictionary

  1. straight-A
  2. straight-acting
  3. straight-ahead jazz
  4. straight-arm
  5. straight-armed
  6. straight-arming
  7. straight-arms
  8. straight-arrow
  9. straight-arrows
  10. straight-chain
  11. straight-cut

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Adapted from Wiktionary: straight-arming (page history and authors); straight-arm (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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