Definitions
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- adjective Throwing while having the hand above the elbow
- adverb Having the hand above the arm at the time of
throwing
Etymologies
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Examples
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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.
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Samuel immediately reached for a stone that was roughly the size of a cricket ball, took a breath, and threw it overarm at the boxes of bottles.
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Samuel immediately reached for a stone that was roughly the size of a cricket ball, took a breath, and threw it overarm at the boxes of bottles.
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A pitcher (known as the bowler), surrounded by fielders, throws a leather ball in an overarm action onto the ground toward a batter (batsman).
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Samuel immediately reached for a stone that was roughly the size of a cricket ball, took a breath, and threw it overarm at the boxes of bottles.
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Yokozuna Hakuho nailed ozeki Kotooshu with a huge left-hand overarm throw to close out the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament with a perfect 15-0 record on Sunday.
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I tossed the pager overarm out in front of the car.
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“You will have more success if you throw overarm,” a voice said from directly behind her.
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So had teaching her how to throw a ball overarm, especially cozying up behind her to demonstrate the correct motion of the arm with her.
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Viola watched him lope up to the near wickets, throw the ball in one fluid overarm motion, and shatter the far wickets every time.
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