wrestling
nounverbcommon in dialogue
- //ˈɹɛs.l̩.ɪŋ//
- //ˈɹɛs.lɪŋ//
A sport where two opponents attempt to subdue each other in bare-handed grappling using techniques of leverage, holding, and pressure points.
noun
- 1
A sport where two opponents attempt to subdue each other in bare-handed grappling using techniques of leverage, holding, and pressure points.
- 2
datedA wrestling match.
[…] and the modern reader, who finds that races, boxing-matches, and wrestlings do in truth supply the chief occasions of Pindar's poetry […]
- 3
The act of one who wrestles; a struggle to achieve something.
I'd count not wearisome / Long toil, nor enterprise, / But strain to reach it; aye, with wrestlings stout / And hopes that even in the dark will grow[…]
- 4
Variant of professional wrestlingEllipsis of professional wrestling (“act that emulates the sport of wrestling”).
Etymology
From late Old English wræstlung.
verb
- 1
Also a form of wrestlepresent participle and gerund of wrestle
Forms
- plural
- wrestlings
wrestling · A sport where two opponents attempt to subdue each other in bare-handed grappling using techniques of leverage, holding, and pressure points.
wretch · An unhappy, unfortunate, or miserable person.wretched · Characterized by or feeling deep affliction or distress; very…wright · A builder or maker of something.