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wrestling

DEFINITIONS OF: wrestling

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n the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down

Synonyms:
grappling, rassling
Types:
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flying mare
a wrestling maneuver
Greco-Roman wrestling
a style of wrestling where the wrestlers are forbidden to tackle or trip or use holds below the waist
professional wrestling
wrestling for money
sumo
a Japanese form of wrestling; you lose if you are forced out of a small ring or if any part of your body (other than your feet) touches the ground
Type of:
contact sport
a sport that necessarily involves body contact between opposing players

n the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat

Synonyms:
grapple, grappling, hand-to-hand struggle, wrestle
Type of:
struggle
strenuous effort
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