| 1. | Football. to push (a potential tackler) away by holding the arm out straight; stiff-arm. |
| 2. | to force, push, or fend off by or as if by holding out a stiff arm against obstacles: He straight-armed his way into the middle of the crowded room. |
| 3. | Football. an act or instance of straight-arming. |
| stiff-arm (stĭf'ärm') tr.v. stiff-armed, stiff-arm·ing, stiff-arms To straight-arm. n. A straight-arm. |