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Definition of Overarm
1. Adjective. With hand brought forward and down from above shoulder level. "An overhand stroke"
Category relationships: Athletics, Sport
Similar to: Round-arm
Antonyms: Underhand
Definition of Overarm
1. a. Done (as bowling or pitching) with the arm raised above the shoulder. See Overhard.
Definition of Overarm
1. Adjective. Throwing while having the hand above the elbow ¹
2. Adverb. Having the hand above the arm at the time of throwing ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overarm
1. to supply with an excess of weaponry [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overarm
Literary usage of Overarm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Basket Ball and Indoor Baseball for Women by Helen Frost, Charles Digby Wardlaw (1920)
"The overarm pass gives distance and height. Girls use it more than the overhand
because ... When closely guarded the overarm may be used to great advantage, ..."
2. At Home in the Water: Swimming, Diving, Life Saving, Water Sports, Natatoriums by George Hebden Corsan (1910)
"IN ACTION 2b ARM ABOVE WATER This stroke, known as the English racing stroke—favored
by Captain Webb—is a side or single overarm stroke. ..."
3. Swimming: With Lists of Books Published in English, German, French and Other by Ralph Thomas (1904)
"In that by Mr Newman I disagree from him when he says the overarm stroke ' is
practically the breast stroke done on the side. ..."
4. Swimming: With Lists of Books Published in English, German, French and Other by Ralph Thomas (1904)
"In that by Mr Newman I disagree from him when he says the overarm stroke ' is
practically ... The inaccuracy here is calling Gurr's roll stroke the overarm, ..."
5. How to Swim by Annette Kellermann (1918)
"The single overarm side-stroke is also known as the English Racing Stroke. ...
The only difference between the underarm and the overarm is that in the ..."
6. Descriptions of Occupations by United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Employment Service (1918)
"... such as table, bed, cone, spindle, overarm, arbor, arbor trace, and collet.
He should know the names, care, and use of all common tool-room tools. ..."
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