sidearm

Etymology

side + arm

noun

  1. A personal weapon, such as a handgun or sword, carried on the hip in a belt, sheath, holster, etc., for rapid access.

verb

  1. To throw a ball with one's arm roughly parallel to the ground.
    His interest, aside from slinging sinkers as a sidearming right-hander, was medicine. March 19, 2009, Ben Shpigel, “Medicine’s Loss Could Be the Mets’ Gain”, in New York Times

adv

  1. With one's arm roughly parallel to the ground.

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