armband
/ˈɑːmband
/noun
1A band worn around a person’s upper arm to hold up a shirtsleeve or as a form of identification.Pedestrians were reminded to wear bright highly visible clothing, reflective armbands, sam-brown belts or jackets and to face on-coming traffic when out walking....
- To show their support people are asked to wear a white band, either an armband, wristband or headband, during the concerts.
- Jackson, who appeared at the Santa Maria hearing wearing a black suit, a red armband and sunglasses, faces a total of 10 charges, in what has been dubbed the trial of the decade.
1.1An inflatable plastic band worn around a person’s upper arm as a swimming aid.Elwani has come a long way since she herself wore armbands in the swimming pool....
- And it appears that Lewis could be on the way to following in his father's footsteps - loving nothing more than splashing around in the water and swimming without armbands.
- This competition was like racing Ian Thorpe and Michael Phelps in inflatable armbands, or making Paula Radcliffe and the rest have a little lie-down in the middle of the marathon.
- half-cocked
- half-completed
- out of pocket
- out of practice
- out of print
- out of proportion
- out-of-province
- out-of-round
- out-of-roundness
- out of season
- out-of-series
- out of service
- out of sight
- out of sight, out of mind
- out of sorts
- out of square
- out-of-state
- out-of-stater
- out of temper
- out of the blue
- out of the box
- out of the common
- out of the frying pan into the fire
- out of the game
- out of the handicap