gator arm
n.pl.— «When receivers run pass patterns across the middle, they don’t like to stretch for the ball for fear of being smacked in the ribs by Swilling. “We call that ‘Gator arms’ because they try to short-arm the ball,” he says with a chuckle.» —“Ga. Tech hopes Swilling show can be big hit” by Harry Blauvelt USA Today Aug. 14, 1991. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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