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Entries linking to sidearm
side (adj.)late 14c., from side (n.).
arm (n.1)
"upper limb of the human body," Old English earm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz (source also of Old Saxon, Danish, Swedish, Middle Dutch, German arm, Old Norse armr, Old Frisian erm), from PIE root *ar- "to fit together" (source also of Sanskrit irmah "arm," Greek arthron "a joint," Latin armus "shoulder"). Arm of the sea was in Old English. Arm-twister "powerful persuader" is from 1915. Arm-wrestling is from 1899.
They wenten arme in arme yfere Into the gardyn [Chaucer]
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Definitions of sidearm
1
sidearm (adv.)
in a sidearm manner;
he prefers to throw sidearm
2
sidearm (adj.)
(of pitches) made with the arm moving parallel to the ground;
a sidearm pitch
