Overarm

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Sports Executed with the arm raised above the shoulder; overhand: an overarm throw.
  • adj. Sports Of, relating to, or being a stroke in swimming that is begun with the arm lifted and stretched forward over the shoulder.
  • v. To supply (a nation, for example) with an excess of weaponry, especially nuclear missiles.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Throwing while having the hand above the elbow
  • ad. Having the hand above the arm at the time of throwing
  • Word Usage
    "I feel like taking a baseball bat to the lot of them, although even then I'd probably pick an unfashionable brand of bat, or somehow manage to knock their brains out in a cluelessly passe kind of way – using an underarm swing when the overarm swipe's more "now", perhaps – and everyone would sneer at me, including the arresting officer."
    Equivalent
    round-arm   
    Variant
    overhard   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    pickoff    open-hand    time-the    overhand    double-handed