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strong-arm

strong-arm
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [strawng, strong ahrm]
    • /strɔŋ, strɒŋ ɑrm/
    • /strɒŋ ɑːm/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [strawng, strong ahrm]
    • /strɔŋ, strɒŋ ɑrm/

Definitions of strong-arm word

  • adjective strong-arm using, involving, or threatening the use of physical force or violence to gain an objective: strong-arm methods. 1
  • verb with object strong-arm to use violent methods upon; assault. 1
  • verb with object strong-arm to rob by force. 1
  • verb with object strong-arm to coerce by threats or intimidation; bully: They strong-armed me into voting for the plan. 1
  • adjective strong-arm If you refer to someone's behaviour as strong-arm tactics or methods, you disapprove of it because it consists of using threats or force in order to achieve something. 0
  • noun strong-arm relating to or involving physical force or violence 0

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Origin of strong-arm

First appearance:

before 1820
One of the 38% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1820-30

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Parts of speech for Strong-arm

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

strong-arm popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 40% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 56% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

Synonyms for strong-arm

verb strong-arm

  • bleed — When you bleed, you lose blood from your body as a result of injury or illness.
  • bludgeoned — a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other.
  • bludgeoning — a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other.
  • break into — If someone breaks into a building, they get into it by force.
  • buffalo — A buffalo is a wild animal like a large cow with horns that curve upwards. Buffalo are usually found in southern and eastern Africa.

noun strong-arm

  • bozo — If you say that someone is a bozo, you mean that you think they are stupid.
  • bruiser — A bruiser is someone who is tough, strong, and aggressive, and enjoys a fight or argument.
  • goon — Informal. a hired hoodlum or thug.
  • gorilla — the largest of the anthropoid apes, Gorilla gorilla, terrestrial and vegetarian, of western equatorial Africa and the Kivu highlands, comprising the subspecies G. g. gorilla (western lowland gorilla) G. g. graueri (eastern lowland gorilla) and G. g. beringei (mountain gorilla) now rare.

adjective strong-arm

  • coercive — Coercive measures are intended to force people to do something that they do not want to do.

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