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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(wrestling) A type of headlock in which the opponent's head is clamped around the face..
He raised his right arm and clamped a facelock on his opponent.
I stepped to the side like the world's worst matador and grabbed him in a front facelock. It was the only shoot hold I knew, one that harkened back to my days bouncing at Malarkey's in Calgary.
Eventually, someone said, “OK, move the furniture, and let's wrestle.” The deal this night was Les challenging my dad, saying, “Bet you can't hold me in a front facelock.” My dad put the hold on, and Les struggled to free himself, but ended up passing out after a few minutes.
This contrast can be used as the basis for a personalised ‘facelock’, in which authentication succeeds or fails based on image-invariant recognition of faces that are familiar to the account holder.
Use facelock when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Facelock means (wrestling) A type of headlock in which the opponent's head is clamped around the face..
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He raised his right arm and clamped a facelock on his opponent.
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