Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To straight-arm.
- noun A straight-arm.
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- noun
straight-arm - verb To straight-arm
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Examples
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Pryor is a very instinctive runner with great balance and a very nice stiff-arm.
Hank Koebler: Don't Give Up on Pryor or Raiders Yet Hank Koebler 2011
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Pryor is a very instinctive runner with great balance and a very nice stiff-arm.
Hank Koebler: Don't Give Up on Pryor or Raiders Yet Hank Koebler 2011
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Angle also complained about the media's lack of professionalism, and blamed it for her campaign's decision to stiff-arm the media.
Sharron Angle: We shut out the media because they're unprofessional Greg Sargent 2010
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It is hypocritical for a country that stuffs Walmarts with billions of dollars of products from communist China to continue to stiff-arm Cuba.
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That was just one of the stunning revelations made during the Senate hearing on tax subsidies to the oil industry -- which featured the 6 most powerful CEOs -- BP, Shell, Chevron, Conoco-Phillips and Exxon-Mobil -- all sitting like ducks in a row giving the stiff-arm to pressing unfriendly inquiries from a host of Democratic Senators.
Robert Lenzner: ExxonMobil CEO Says Oil Price Should Be $60 to $70 a Barrel Robert Lenzner 2011
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If he can't use speed to get past a defender, he has the strength to run through him and is known to use a devastating stiff-arm when necessary.
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Wall Street got huge government bail-outs but banks continue to stiff-arm families victimized by risky lending practices.
Peter Dreier: Want to Help Homeowners? Replace the Mansion Subsidy and Require Banks to Act Responsibly Peter Dreier 2011
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Wall Street got huge government bail-outs but banks continue to stiff-arm families victimized by risky lending practices.
Peter Dreier: Want to Help Homeowners? Replace the Mansion Subsidy and Require Banks to Act Responsibly Peter Dreier 2011
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Patriots 34 Broncos 23, 5:20 4th quarter Is it just me, or are there few things in football more exhilarating than a well-executed stiff-arm from a ball-carrier moving at top speed.
New England Patriots @ Denver Broncos - as it happened | Paolo Bandini 2011
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Via Instapundit, ‘Agencies stiff-arm GAO on info’:
Transparent administration transparently stonewalls Congress. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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