What is Alligator Arms?
1.
When someone "pretends" to reach for the check at a meal with friends but always get to it a little to late.
Or when the bill sits in the middle of the table and nobody reaches for it.
"I'll get it, all of you guys have alligator arms"
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2.
Someone that never offers to pay for anything. They suddenly can't reach their wallet/purse when its time to pay the bill because they are cheap.
It should have been $40/each, but John has alligator arms and didn't put any money in.
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3.
(a) A cowardly act in American football when an offensive player decides not to catch a football due to the anticipation of physical contact.
Man, did you see Ricky Watters of the Philadelphia Eagles and his alligator arms on that pass across the middle? What a punk bitch. I bet he is thinking of his wallet instead of the good of the team.
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