wrestlingwres‧tling /ˈreslɪŋ/ noun [uncountable] 
Examples
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- a wrestling match
- a professional wrestler
- He won six high-school wrestling matches in a row.
- Sumo wrestling originated in Japan.
- After the Nazimov Rescript they had to start wrestling with details.
- Big, raw-boned farm hands, they looked to Grant as though they spent their working time wrestling bulls - and winning!
- For several sleepless nights, Charity had been engaged in what she would call tiny wrestling with herself.
- He could just about ride a bike and he liked wrestling and playing football, usually in goal.
- He had to judge the wrestling which would be the chew in the conversation of the valley for weeks.
- It is clear that Watson spends a great deal of time wrestling with his conscience over the choice between morals and results.
- Meanwhile there's nothing mystical about the version of Sumo wrestling going on in the city centre.
Longman Language Activatorwhen people fight as a sport► fight
a sport in which two people fight by holding each other and trying to make each other fall to the ground a game in which two people hit each other or try to throw each other onto the ground: · He knocked out his opponent only five minutes into the fight.the big fight (=an important fight): · Are you going to watch the big fight tomorrow?fight between: · the fight between Joe Louis and Rocky Marciano
► fight to take part in a sport in which you hit your opponent or try to throw him or her onto the ground: · McCallum and Toney fought to a draw.· The two wrestlers have fought each other many times before.
► boxing a sport in which two people wearing special thick gloves hit each other and try to make the other person fall to the ground: · As a teenager, Dolittle took up boxing.boxing match: · The boxing match will be held at the Arena.
► wrestling sport in which two people hold each other and try to throw each other onto the ground: · Sumo wrestling originated in Japan.wrestling match: · He won six high-school wrestling matches in a row.
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