Wrestling
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɹɛs.l̩.ɪŋ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Wrestling is a noun meaning Ellipsis of professional wrestling (“act that emulates the sport of wrestling”).
Meaning
Ellipsis of professional wrestling (“act that emulates the sport of wrestling”).
More Meanings
- (countable, dated) A wrestling match.
- (countable) The act of one who wrestles; a struggle to achieve something.
- present participle and gerund of wrestle
- A sport where two opponents attempt to subdue each other in bare-handed grappling using techniques of leverage, holding, and pressure points.
Example Sentences
[…] and the modern reader, who finds that races, boxing-matches, and wrestlings do in truth supply the chief occasions of Pindar's poetry […]
I'd count not wearisome / Long toil, nor enterprise, / But strain to reach it; aye, with wrestlings stout / And hopes that even in the dark will grow[…]
Word Forms
- wrestlings
Synonyms for wrestling
Depending on context, synonyms include grapple, wrestle, grappling, rassling.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include grappling, grapple, rassling, combat, battle, fight.
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Sources & Attribution
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