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Meanings of armlock in English

A single or double joint lock that hyperextends, hyperflexes or hyperrotates the elbow joint and/or shoulder joint.

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        Examples for "arm lock"
        Examples for "arm lock"
        1
        Without releasing the cigarette, she tried to get me in an arm lock.
        The smoke room: a novel of suspense
        2
        Brooke working one- arm lock-offs on a hangboard at the Tension Climbing Center during the same power-training session.
        Climbing Magazine
        3
        With a sky blue plastic bowl in an arm lock, I wielded a spatula through the oat flakes.
        The Irish Times
        4
        Ingram felt an arm lock around his neck and the thumb of the other hand groping for his eyes.
        Dead calm
        5
        Climb: Double- arm lock-off on campus rungs: pull up and hold for 10 seconds, then 5 seconds off.
        Climbing Magazine
        Usage of armlock in English
        1
        I hit the ground, and Thomas piled onto me, going for an armlock.
        Blood rites
        2
        The more Raisin Eyes twisted, the more Ryan tightened the armlock.
        Bones Are Forever
        3
        Heat twisted, kicked, and struggled, but couldn't break the armlock around her neck.
        Driving Heat
        4
        Holding Lickle in an armlock so he didn't slide off, Hamilton headed for shore.
        The wave: in pursuit of the rogues, freaks and giants of the oce...
        5
        She got an armlock on the fairy queen and ran her to the French windows.
        Enchanted Glass
        6
        Nial was screaming abuse and struggling in Burkan's armlock.
        Anvil Gate
        7
        Recently he held her in an armlock and beat her about the head and face.
        The Irish Times
        8
        And we spent subsequent days in strong armlock.
        Wired
        9
        She could be made into an easy armlock.
        The Great Book of Amber
        10
        Vixa struggled, but she couldn't escape his armlock.
        The Dargonesti (Elves of the Sea)
        11
        I'm dead meat! Then Perry jerked up and got Harley in a armlock around his neck.
        Further adventures
        12
        He grabbed Red Mask around the neck in an armlock and forced his knee into the small of his back.
        Death Mask
        13
        The biggest ones are motile roses -you have to get the plant in an armlock before you can prune it.'
        The dark side of the sun
        14
        Maybe she had me in a metaphysical armlock, but that didn't mean I was going to jump every time she said "frog."
        Summer knight
        15
        Nick jerked it away and scrambled to his feet, but Freddie nabbed him before he made half a step, wrestling him into a painful armlock.
        The Child Thief
        16
        I had reversed it, and armlocked it, and committed all manner of assaults on it.
        Nights in London
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