Definitions for wrestling
ˈrɛs lɪŋwrestling

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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"

2. wrestling, rassling, grappling(noun)

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

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. wrestling(Noun)

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

2. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Wrestling

   of Wrestle

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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.

How to pronounce wrestling?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

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. Roddy Piper:

   Wrestling saved my life.

2. David Cowan:

   Does he know what he's doing? That's what I'm wrestling with.

3. Chief Executive Officer Hunter Harrison:

   One of the things that I'm wrestling with is clearly we made some mistakes along the way.

4. Frank Deford:

   I believe that professional wrestling is clean and everything else in the world is fixed.

5. 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.

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