half-nelson

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half-nelson

(Individual Sports & Recreations / Wrestling) a wrestling hold in which a wrestler places an arm under one of his opponent's arms from behind and exerts pressure with his palm on the back of his opponent's neck Compare full nelson

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half-nelson [ˌhɑːfˈnɛls/ən] n (Wrestling) → mezza elson f inv

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full nelson half half nelson Nelson			It was the half-Nelson of modern wrestling which the untaught ape-man had stumbled upon, but superior reason showed him in an instant the value of the thing he had discovered. Tarzan of the Apes by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context I remember I succeeded in getting on him what in my college days I learned was called a half-Nelson. Before Adam by London, Jack View in context Where you learned that half-Nelson," Martin answered. Martin Eden by London, Jack View in context			half-human half-hunter half-inch half-integral half-intensity half-jack half-joking Half-lattice girder Half-learned half-leather half-length half-life half-light half-line half-mad half-marathon half-mast half-measures half-mile half-miler half-minute half-monthly half-moon half-mourning half-naked half-nelson half-note half-open half-open interval half-p half-pace half-panelled half-pay half-pedalling half-pie Half-pike half-pint half-pipe half-plate Half-port half-price half-quartern Half-ray Half-read half-relief half-remembered half-residence time half-rhyme half-right half-round chisel half-round file			Half-lives Half-lives half-loaded Half-lunette Half-lunette half-mad Half-Man-Half Tree Half-marathon Half-Marathon Pace half-marathons half-mast half-masted half-masting half-masts Half-Maximal Inhibitory Dose Half-Maxwell Fish Eye half-measures half-mile half-miler half-minute half-monthly half-moon half-moon half-moon half-moon half-moons half-moons half-mortise hinge half-mourning half-naked half-nelson half-node half-normal saline Half-note half-open half-open interval half-open interval Half-Operator half-p half-pace Half-Page Double Spread Half-Page Double Spreads Half-palindrome Half-palindrome Half-palindrome Half-palindrome half-panelled half-pay half-pedalling Half-Perimeter Wire Length half-period zones half-pie Half-pike half-pin splint half-pin splint half-pin splint half-pin splint half-pint half-pint Half-pipe Half-pipe

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