ALL meanings of straight from the shoulder
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S s - adjective straight from the shoulder direct, honest, and forceful in expression; outspoken. 1
- noun straight from the shoulder the part of each side of the body in humans, at the top of the trunk, extending from each side of the base of the neck to the region where the arm articulates with the trunk. 1
- noun straight from the shoulder Usually, shoulders. these two parts together with the part of the back joining them. 1
- noun straight from the shoulder a corresponding part in animals. 1
- noun straight from the shoulder the upper foreleg and adjoining parts of a sheep, goat, etc. 1
- noun straight from the shoulder the joint connecting the arm or the foreleg with the trunk. 1
- noun straight from the shoulder a shoulderlike part or projection. 1
- noun straight from the shoulder Ornithology. the bend of a bird's wing, between the hand and the forearm, especially when distinctively colored, as in the red-shouldered hawk, Buteo lineatus. 1
- noun straight from the shoulder a cut of meat that includes the upper joint of the foreleg. 1
- noun straight from the shoulder Often, shoulders. Informal. capacity for bearing responsibility or blame or sympathizing with other people: If you want to tell me your troubles, I have broad shoulders. 1
- noun straight from the shoulder a steplike change in the contour of an object, as for opposing or limiting motion along it or for an abutment. 1
- noun straight from the shoulder Carpentry. the end surface or surfaces of a piece from which a tenon or tenons project. an inclined and raised surface, as on a joggle post, for receiving and supporting the foot of a strut or the like. 1
- noun straight from the shoulder Fortification. the angle of a bastion between the face and the flank. 1
- noun straight from the shoulder Printing. the flat surface on a type body extending beyond the base of the letter or character. 1
- noun straight from the shoulder the part of a garment that covers, or fits over, the shoulder. 1
- noun straight from the shoulder (in leather manufacturing) that part of the hide anterior to the butt. 1
- noun straight from the shoulder either of the two edges or borders along a road, especially that portion on which vehicles can be parked in emergencies. Compare soft shoulder. 1
- noun straight from the shoulder shoulder season. 1
- noun straight from the shoulder Furniture. knee (def 6). 1
- verb with object straight from the shoulder to push with or as if with the shoulder, especially roughly: to shoulder someone aside. 1
- verb with object straight from the shoulder to take upon, support, or carry on or as if on the shoulder or shoulders: He shouldered his knapsack and walked on. 1
- verb with object straight from the shoulder to assume as a responsibility: to shoulder the expense. 1
- verb without object straight from the shoulder to push with or as if with the shoulder: to shoulder through a crowd. 1
- idioms straight from the shoulder cry on someone's shoulder, to reveal one's problems to another person in order to obtain sympathy: Don't cry on my shoulder—this mess is your own fault. 1
- idioms straight from the shoulder put one's shoulder to the wheel, to work energetically toward a goal; put forth effort: If we put our shoulders to the wheel, we'll be able to finish the job soon. 1
- idioms straight from the shoulder rub shoulders with, to come into association with; mingle with: As a social worker in one of the worst slum areas, she rubs shoulders with the poor and the helpless. 1
- idioms straight from the shoulder shoulder arms, Military. to place a rifle muzzle upward on the right or left shoulder, with the buttstock in the corresponding hand. the command to shoulder arms. 1
- idioms straight from the shoulder shoulder to shoulder, side by side; with united effort: The volunteers worked shoulder to shoulder with the natives in harvesting the crops. 1
- idioms straight from the shoulder straight from the shoulder, without evasion; directly; candidly: The lawyer told him straight from the shoulder that his case was weak. 1
- noun straight from the shoulder moving straight forward from the shoulder 0
- noun straight from the shoulder without reserve or evasion; frankly 0