sidearm

English

Etymology

side +‎ arm

Noun

sidearm (plural sidearms)

1. A personal weapon, such as a handgun or sword, carried on the hip in a belt, sheath, holster, etc for rapid access.

Verb

sidearm (third-person singular simple present sidearms, present participle sidearming, simple past and past participle sidearmed)

1. To throw a ball with one's arm roughly parallel to the ground.
   • 2009 March 19, Ben Shpigel, “Medicine’s Loss Could Be the Mets’ Gain”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     His interest, aside from slinging sinkers as a sidearming right-hander, was medicine.

Derived terms

• sidearmer

Adverb

sidearm (comparative more sidearm, superlative most sidearm)

1. With one's arm roughly parallel to the ground.

Further reading

• Sidearm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• admires, damsire, mardies, misread