Definitions for sidearm

sidearm side·arm

Spelling: [sahyd-ahrm]
IPA: /ˈsaɪdˌɑrm/

Sidearm is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 356 anagrams from letters in sidearm (adeimrs).

Definitions for sidearm

adverb

  1. with a swinging motion of the arm moving to the side of the body at shoulder level or below and nearly parallel to the ground:

adjective

  1. thrown or performed sidearm:

Origin of sidearm

First recorded in 1925-30; side1 + arm1

Examples for sidearm

He oughtn't even to be trusted with a sidearm, let alone five companies of armed soldiers.

After all, a kirpan was a sidearm, and his religion required him to carry that.

He strode out of the office, hooking his sidearm belt from a hanger as he went by.

I'll hand over my sidearm to you just before your men come through the air lock.

The resulting glycerol percentages after mixing the sidearm and main compartment contents were 0, 4, 8, and 12 percent.

Glycerol in various percentages in 2.9 percent sodium citrate dihydrate solution was placed in the sidearm of the Warburg flasks.

Gonzales was zipping up his tunic and putting on his belt and sidearm.

As Barrent came through the doorway, two of the men moved back; the third, his sidearm negligently lowered, stepped forward.

Even worse, the pressure at his hip told him that he hadn't even bothered to take his sidearm off.

Word Value for sidearm
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

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