What does wrestling mean?

Definitions for wrestling
ˈrɛs lɪŋwrestling

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. wrestle, wrestling, grapple, grappling, hand-to-hand strugglenoun

    the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat

    "they had a fierce wrestle"; "we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully"

  2. wrestling, rassling, grapplingnoun

    the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down

Wiktionary

  1. wrestlingnoun

    A sport where two opponents attempt to subdue each other in bare-handed grappling using techniques of leverage, holding, and pressure points.

  2. wrestlingnoun

    A professional tumbling act that emulates the sport of wrestling. Also called "professional wrestling". It is distinguished from sport wrestling -- which has strict internationally recognized rules and is conducted on a mat -- by being scripted, rehearsed, conducted in a boxing ring rather than on a mat, and programmed as entertainment.

Wikipedia

  1. Wrestling

    Wrestling is a sport of physical engagement between two unarmed persons, in which each wrestler strives to obtain a position of advantage over their opponent. Wrestling involves different grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Many different wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat sports and military systems. The sport can either be genuinely competitive or sportive entertainment (see professional wrestling). Wrestling comes in different forms such as freestyle, Greco-Roman, judo, sambo, folkstyle, catch, submission, sumo, pehlwani, shuai jiao and others. Wrestling first appeared in the ancient Olympic Games as an event during the 18th Olympiad in 708 BC.There are a wide range of styles with varying rules, with both traditional historic and modern styles. The term wrestling is attested in late Old English, as wræstlunge (glossing palestram).

ChatGPT

  1. wrestling

    Wrestling is a contact sport that involves techniques such as throws, takedowns, pinning, grappling, holds, joint locks, and clinch fighting between two competitors who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position over each other. It is one of the oldest forms of combat, often used in self-defence or competition, and is recognized in various styles across different cultures and regions. It is also a popular competitive sport featured in several international events, including the Olympic Games.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Wrestling

    of Wrestle

Wikidata

  1. Wrestling

    Wrestling is a form of combat sport involving grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position. There are a wide range of styles with varying rules with both traditional historic and modern styles. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into other martial arts as well as military hand-to-hand combat systems. The term wrestling is attested in late Old English, as wræstlunge.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Wrestling

    A sport consisting of hand-to-hand combat between two unarmed contestants seeking to pin or press each other's shoulders to the ground.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of wrestling in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of wrestling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of wrestling in a Sentence

  1. Rob Koehler:

    Both of these organizations failed to intervene to save Navids life, now they must step up to save Mehdis life and protect all Iranian athletes. The fact that Wrestling Federation continues to neglect Wrestling Federation duty of care for athletes by failing to take action against Iran is a gross abdication of duty. Their willingness to stand by while athletes are jailed, tortured and executed can no longer be tolerated. The Wrestling Federation and UWW must act now.

  2. Marcus Aurelius Antoninus:

    The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing, in so far as it stands ready against the accidental and the unforeseen, and is not apt to fall.

  3. Roddy Piper:

    I was 15 years old when I started wrestling full time and I know what I had to go through to get here.

  4. Andrew Hsu:

    It’s a problem we’ve been wrestling with for 20 years now, it’s a very delicate balance. We spend a lot of time essentially trying to determine whether a user has touched the surface or not.

  5. George Nield:

    We do not have formal authority today to deal with what happens on orbit or on other planetary terrestrial bodies. That’s the issue that we’re wrestling with, what is being looked at right now is a Band-Aid fix because the system is broken.

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