stiff-arm

noun

Straight-arm.

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Meanings

nounstiff-arm (uncountable)
  1. uncountableStraight-arm.
verbstiff-arm (third-person singular simple present stiff-arms, present participle stiff-arming, simple past and past participle stiff-armed)

present singular third person stiff-arms · participle present stiff-arming · participle past stiff-armed · past stiff-armed

  1. To straight-arm.

    You can either have a wild, exciting life stiff-arming God or a dull, boring one doing the go-to-church-God-thing.

    2003, Robert S. McGee, Jack Crabtree, The Search for Significance, page 127

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straight-arm
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APA

stiff-arm. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stiff-arm

MLA

“stiff-arm.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stiff-arm. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stiff-arm,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stiff-arm.

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