wrestling
A sport where two opponents attempt to subdue each other in bare-handed grappling using techniques of leverage, holding, and pressure points.
Other meanings
The act of one who wrestles; a struggle to achieve something.
A wrestling match.
Synonyms
- grappling
- hand-to-hand struggle
Related words
- all-in wrestling
- Mexican wrestling
- arm wrestling
- arm-wrestling
- Cornish wrestling
- Devon wrestling
- e-wrestling
- fantasy wrestling
- finger wrestling
- freestyle wrestling
- Graeco-Roman wrestling
- Greco-Roman wrestling
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "wræstlung".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “wrestling” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.