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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024wres•tling /ˈrɛslɪŋ/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Sporta sport in which two opponents struggle hand to hand in order to pin or press each other's shoulders to the mat.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024wres•tling (res′ling),USA pronunciation n. - Sporta sport in which two opponents struggle hand to hand in order to pin or press each other's shoulders to the mat or ground, with the style, rules, and regulations differing widely in amateur and professional matches. Cf. catch-as-catch-can (def. 3), Greco-Roman (def. 3).
- Sportthe act of a person who wrestles.
- bef. 1100; Middle English; Old English wrǣstlunge. See wrestle, -ing1
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: wrestling /ˈrɛslɪŋ/ n - any of certain sports in which the contestants fight each other according to various rules governing holds and usually forbidding blows with the closed fist. The principal object is to overcome the opponent either by throwing or pinning him to the ground or by causing him to submit
wres•tle /ˈrɛsəl/USA pronunciation v., -tled, -tling, n. v. - to compete (with) in the sport of wrestling: [no object]He wrestled for his high school team.[~ + object]She wrestled the best opponents in each school.
- to fight or struggle (with) by holding, throwing, or forcing an attacker to the ground: [~ + object]He wrestled the mugger to the ground.[no object]They wrestled until one of them fell.
- to struggle (with) in order to overcome, figure out, defeat, etc.;
contend:[no object]He wrestled with the serious problem.
n. [countable] - an act or bout of wrestling.
wres•tler, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024wres•tle (res′əl),USA pronunciation v., -tled, -tling, n. v.i. - to engage in wrestling.
- to contend, as in a struggle for mastery;
grapple:to wrestle with one's conscience.
v.t. - to contend with in wrestling.
- to force by or as if by wrestling.
- to throw (a calf or other animal) for branding.
n. - an act of or a bout at wrestling.
- a struggle.
- bef. 1100; Middle English wrestlen, wrastlen (verb, verbal), Old English *wrǣstlian (compare Old English wrǣstlere wrestler), frequentative of wrǣstan to wrest; cognate with Middle Dutch, Middle Low German worstelen
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: wrestle /ˈrɛsəl/ vb - to fight (another person) by holding, throwing, etc, without punching with the closed fist
- (intransitive) to participate in wrestling
- when intr, followed by with or against: to fight with (a person, problem, or thing): wrestle with one's conscience
- (transitive) to move laboriously, as with wrestling movements
- (transitive) US Canadian to throw (an animal) for branding
n - the act of wrestling
- a struggle or tussle
Etymology: Old English wræstlian; related to Middle Dutch wrastelen (Dutch worstelen), Old Norse rost current, raceˈwrestler n |