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sidearm

noun, verb, adv — 3 senses

sidearm

noun

US /ˈsaɪdˌɑɹm/

Etymology From side + arm.

1

A personal weapon, either a firearm (handgun type) or a cold weapon (such as a sword), carried on the hip in a belt, sheath, holster, etc., for rapid access.

sidearm

verb

Etymology From side + arm.

1

To throw a ball with one's arm roughly parallel to the ground.

  • His interest, aside from slinging sinkers as a sidearming right-hander, was medicine.2009 March 19, Ben Shpigel, “Medicine’s Loss Could Be the Mets’ Gain”, in New York Times:
Derived terms
sidearmer

sidearm

adv

Etymology From side + arm.

1

With one's arm roughly parallel to the ground.

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