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单词 round-arm
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round-armadj.n.

Brit. /ˈraʊndɑːm/, U.S. /ˈraʊndˌɑrm/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: round adj., arm n.1
Etymology: < round adj. + arm n.1 Compare slightly later round-armed adj. Compare also overarm adj., under-arm adj.
A. adj.
1. Cricket. Designating a style of bowling performed with an outward swinging movement of the arm, or a bowler who bowls with such an action.Round-arm bowling developed as an alternative to underarm in the early 19th cent. and fell out of use after the legalization of overarm in 1864.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [adjective] > manner of bowling
straight-arm1807
straight-armed1827
round-arm1835
round hand1847
underhand1850
round-armed1854
wristy1867
fast-medium1873
under-arm1877
quick1899
windmill1900
body line1932
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricketer > [adjective] > types of bowler
straight-armed1827
round1831
round-arm1835
lobbing1840
underhand1848
skimming1851
right arm1877
fastish1884
quick1922
quickish1939
off-spinning1955
stock bowling1976
1835 Essex Standard 12 June The play of the Woodbridge gentlemen appears to be too formidable for their opponents, particularly in their round arm bowling.
1865 J. Pycroft Cricketana ii. 15 [James Cobbett] was by far the most easy in delivery, and the fairest of all round-arm bowlers.
1914 Windsor Mag. 40 258/1 His peculiar round-arm release of the ball would cause a ball pitching a good length on the leg-stump to strike the off-stump.
1934 W. J. Lewis Lang. Cricket 31 Various obsolete names applied to round-arm bowling when it was first introduced.
1975 Oxf. Compan. Sports & Games 200/2 Over-arm—as distinct from the lower bowling actions (under-arm and round-arm)—had a profound effect upon the character of the game.
2006 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 30 Apr. (Sport section) 9 Malinga is a one-off, a round-arm slinger.
2. Of a punch or blow: delivered with a wide swinging movement of the arm. Also occasionally as adv.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [adverb] > swinging with the fist
round-arm1886
the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [adjective] > with the hand > with the fist > swinging or sweeping
round-armed1847
round-arm1886
1886 Daily News 4 Sept. 6/6 The blow was a round-arm one, and was done purposely.
1897 A. Conan Doyle in Strand Mag. July 9/2 He hit like a girl, round arm, with an open palm.
1908 T. Burns Sci. Boxing ii. 33 The quickest punches are necessarily the straight arm ones. They will always get there quicker than any round arm swing.
1989 B. Courtenay Power of One vi. 97 He pushed at Hoppie and at the same time hit him with a round arm blow to the head.
2005 P. Cleary Getting away with Murder 160 How many times did he hit her with round-arm punches once she'd hit the ground?
B. n.
Cricket. Round-arm bowling; (also) a round-arm bowler. Now chiefly historical.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricketer > [noun] > bowler > types of bowler
slow bowler1823
fast bowler1828
bias bowler1854
round-arm1858
demon bowler1861
left-hander1864
chucker1882
lobster1889
slow1895
leg-breaker1904
speed merchant1913
leg-spinner1920
spin bowler1920
off-spinner1924
quickie1934
tweaker1935
swerve-bowler1944
pace bowler1947
seam bowler1948
spinner1951
seamer1952
wrist-spinner1957
outswinger1958
swing bowler1958
quick1960
stock bowler1968
paceman1972
leggy1979
1858 Bristol Mercury 31 July 4/3 The underhand bowling of Mr. Hucker, and the round-arm of Mr. Wilmott, brought down the wickets with only 17 runs.
1897 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 12/2 A round-arm can make the ball twist from leg and break somewhat from the off.
1907 Oxf. Mag. 12 June 413/2 A collection of other matter drawn from various sources, all bearing upon the great batsmen and bowlers before round-arm came in.
2002 A. Mallett Black Lords of Summer iii. 50 Under-arm bowling was being phased out and replaced by the new-fangled round-arm.

Derivatives

ˌround-ˈarmer n. Cricket a round-arm delivery; (also) a round-arm bowler.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [noun] > a ball bowled > types of delivery or ball
full toss1826
long hop1830
twister1832
bail ball1833
bailer1833
grubber1837
slow ball1838
wide1838
ground ball1839
shooter1843
slower ball1846
twiddler1847
creeper1848
lob1851
sneak1851
sneaker1851
slow1854
bumper1855
teaser1856
daisy-cutter1857
popper1857
yorker1861
sharpshooter1863
headball1866
screwball1866
underhand1866
skimmerc1868
grub1870
ramrod1870
raymonder1870
round-armer1871
grass cutter1876
short pitch1877
leg break1878
lob ball1880
off-break1883
donkey-drop1888
tice1888
fast break1889
leg-breaker1892
kicker1894
spinner1895
wrong 'un1897
googly1903
fizzer1904
dolly1906
short ball1911
wrong 'un1911
bosie1912
bouncer1913
flyer1913
percher1913
finger-spinner1920
inswinger1920
outswinger1920
swinger1920
off-spinner1924
away swinger1925
Chinaman1929
overspinner1930
tweaker1938
riser1944
leg-cutter1949
seamer1952
leggy1954
off-cutter1955
squatter1955
flipper1959
lifter1959
cutter1960
beamer1961
loosener1962
doosra1999
1871 N. Wales Chron. 16 Sept. 4/6 White's rapid round armers committed frightful havoc.
1951 R. Robinson From Boundary ii. 39 He rings in a leg-break or a round-armer now and again.
2006 Sunday Star-Times (Auckland, N.Z.) (Nexis) 17 Dec. (Sport section) 1 The Sri Lankan round-armer..reached speeds in the 145km/h range.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.n.1835
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