What does wrestling mean?
Definitions for wrestling
ˈrɛs lɪŋwrestling
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Princeton's WordNet
wrestle, wrestling, grapple, grappling, hand-to-hand struggle(noun)
the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat
"they had a fierce wrestle"; "we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully"
wrestling, rassling, grappling(noun)
the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down
Wiktionary
wrestling(Noun)
A sport where two opponents attempt to subdue each other in bare-handed grappling using techniques of leverage, holding, and pressure points.
wrestling(Noun)
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.
Webster Dictionary
Wrestling
of Wrestle
Freebase
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
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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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of wrestling in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of wrestling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of wrestling in a Sentence
I believe that professional wrestling is clean and everything else in the world is fixed.
I think a lot of women were watching and wanted to see what his response and what the tone of it was and he's clearly wrestling with how to combat this issue, but I still feel like he wasn't strong enough. That was still a kind of tepid response. He needs to come out in no uncertain terms and say this unacceptable, if you're doing this, we don't want you in the corps.
He would wrestle with them. He really got into that, the wrestling and playing. He'd carry them around on his back.
I don't think there's any politician at a national level -- that has not thought about being the president, and if you're sitting right next to the president in every meeting and, you know -- wrestling with these issues, I'm sure that for him he's saying to himself, 'I could do a really good job.'.
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.
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- مصارعةArabic
- көрәшBashkir
- zápasCzech
- Ringkampf, RingenGerman
- πάληGreek
- lucha libre, pressing catchSpanish
- painiFinnish
- catch, lutteFrench
- birkózásHungarian
- ըմբշամարտArmenian
- lotta, lotta liberaItalian
- レスリングJapanese
- 레슬링Korean
- worstelenDutch
- zapasyPolish
- lutaPortuguese
- luptăRomanian
- борьбаRussian
- hrvanje, хрвањеSerbo-Croatian
- rokoborbaSlovene
- brottningSwedish
- гӯштингирӣTajik
- ראַנגלערייַYiddish
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