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Definition of Sidearm
1. Adverb. In a sidearm manner. "He prefers to throw sidearm"
2. Adjective. (of pitches) made with the arm moving parallel to the ground. "A sidearm pitch"
Definition of Sidearm
1. Noun. A personal weapon normally carried in a holster on the body of a wielder for immediate use. ¹
2. Verb. To throw a ball with one's arm roughly parallel to the ground. ¹
3. Adverb. With one's arm roughly parallel to the ground. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sidearm
1. a weapon worn at the side [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sidearm
Literary usage of Sidearm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Basket Ball by Edwin J. Mather, Elmer Dayton Mitchell (1922)
"sidearm. This is a special form of the underhand and overhand pass, ... The sidearm
pass is useful in order to pass around an opponent rather than trying to ..."
2. State Laws and Ordinances on Firearms by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"(b)(1) Any person desiring to purchase a pistol or sidearm as above provided
shall certify to the seller that the purchaser is not one of those listed above ..."
3. Upper Peninsula 1869-1873: Accompanied by an Atlas of Maps by Michigan Geological Survey (1873)
"... and by the entire absence ot a current at the entrance of a sidearm we ...
and really ascended the sidearm in the belief that we were descending the ..."
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