WRESTLING HOLD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wrestling hold mean? 

• WRESTLING HOLD (noun)
  The noun WRESTLING HOLD has 1 sense:

1. a hold used in the sport of wrestling

  Familiarity information: WRESTLING HOLD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WRESTLING HOLD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A hold used in the sport of wrestling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("wrestling hold" is a kind of...):

clasp; clench; clutch; clutches; grasp; grip; hold (the act of grasping)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wrestling hold"):

bear hug (a wrestling hold with arms locked tightly around the opponent)

nelson (any of several wrestling holds in which an arm is passed under the opponent's arm from behind and the hand exerts pressure on the back of the neck)

Japanese stranglehold (a wrestling hold in which the opponent's arms are crossed in front of his own neck to exert pressure on his windpipe)

lock (any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured)

scissor grip; scissor hold; scissors; scissors grip; scissors hold (a wrestling hold in which you wrap your legs around the opponents body or head and put your feet together and squeeze)

stranglehold (a wrestling hold in which the arms are pressed against the opponent's windpipe)

toehold (a wrestling hold in which the toe is held and the leg is twisted against the joints)

Holonyms ("wrestling hold" is a part of...):

grappling; rassling; wrestling (the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down)