overarms

Cricket delivery method

Overarms describes or performs a throwing or swimming motion where the arm moves forward and down from above the shoulder: an overarms bowling style, swimming overarms across the lake.

The term appears in cricket and swimming contexts, though overarm (without the s) is more common as both adjective and adverb.

racket

serve

Attend to needs

volleyball · spike · lob · forehand · backhand · topspin · slice · ace · rally · power

throwing

pitching

Delivering toward the plate

bowling · quarterback · fastball · shot · discus · hammer · delivery · release · windup · trajectory

swimming

freestyle

Without prescribed technique

swimmer · laps · pool · butterfly · medley · relay · sprint · distance · rotation · recovery

muscles

deltoids

Shoulder cap muscles

lats · pectorals · strengthening · conditioning · mobility · flexibility · extension · rotation · injury · strain

Opposites
arm motion direction

overarmsunderarms

Hollow beneath shoulder joint

underhand · underarm · underhanded · sidearm · submarine

Family

overarm, overarmed

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G