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o⋅ver⋅arm

  [oh-ver-ahrm]
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–adjective
thrown or performed by raising the arm above the shoulder: an overarm pitch; an overarm swimming stroke.
Origin:
1860–65, Americanism; over- + arm 1
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o·ver·arm 1   (ō'vər-ärm')   
adj.   Sports

  1. Executed with the arm raised above the shoulder; overhand: an overarm throw.

  2. Of, relating to, or being a stroke in swimming that is begun with the arm lifted and stretched forward over the shoulder.

o·ver·arm 2   (ō'vər-ärm')   
tr.v.   o·ver·armed, o·ver·arm·ing, o·ver·arms
To supply (a nation, for example) with an excess of weaponry, especially nuclear missiles.
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