WRESTLING Definition & Meaning

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wrestling

[ res-ling ]

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noun

a 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. Compare catch-as-catch-can ( def 3 ), Greco-Roman ( def 3 ).
the act of a person who wrestles.

wrestling

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noun

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 See freestyle Graeco-Roman sumo

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of wrestling¹

before 1100; Middle English; Old English �ɰ�ǣ��ٱ��ܲԲ��. See wrestle, -ing ¹

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Their light jokes turn into physical shoving and wrestling.

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He comes in and he’s all, “This s—’s like wrestling — behind closed doors, it’s cool.”

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Schools across the country are now wrestling with ways in which to ban smartphones on their campuses, with some headteachers deeming current bans "ineffective".

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Cena shocked fans when he returned to the ring earlier this year and ditched his good-guy image to turn heel - wrestling slang for "villain".

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Hulk Hogan, who helped pro wrestling reach new heights of popularity, was booed out of the building on “Monday Night Raw.”

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