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English Dictionary: underarm by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
underarm
adv
  1. with the hand swung below shoulder level; "throwing a ball underarm"
    Synonym(s): underarm, underhand
adj
  1. with hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level; "an underhand pitch"; "an underhand stroke"
    Synonym(s): underhand, underhanded, underarm
    Antonym(s): overarm, overhand, overhanded
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Under-arm \Un"der-arm\, a. (Cricket)
      Done (as bowling) with the arm not raised above the elbow,
      that is, not swung far out from the body; underhand. Cf.
      {Over-arm} and {Round-Arm}.
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