wrestling

wres·tling  (rslng)

n.

A sport in which two competitors attempt to throw or immobilize each other by grappling.

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wrestling [ˈrɛslɪŋ]

n

(Individual Sports & Recreations / Wrestling) 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

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	wrestling - the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat; "they had a fierce wrestle"; "we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully" grappling, hand-to-hand struggle, wrestle, grapple struggle - strenuous effort; "the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her"
	2.	wrestling - the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down rassling, grappling contact sport - a sport that necessarily involves body contact between opposing players 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 wrestling hold - a hold used in the sport of wrestling full nelson - a wrestling hold in which the holder puts both arms under the opponent's arms and exerts pressure on the back of the neck (illegal in amateur wrestling) takedown - (amateur wrestling) being brought to the mat from a standing position; "a takedown counts two points"

Translations

wrestling [ˈreslɪŋ]

A. N (Sport) → lucha f libre

B. CPD wrestling match N → partido m de lucha libre

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wrestling [ˈrɛslɪŋ] n (SPORT) (= Olympic sport) → lutte f (= entertainment) → catch m
wrestling match n → match m de catch

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wrestling

n → Ringen nt

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wrestling [ˈrɛslɪŋ] n (Sport) → lotta libera (also all-in wrestling) (Brit) → catch m

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wrestling → مصارعة zápas brydning Ringkampf πάλη lucha paini catch hrvanje lotta レスリング 레슬링 worstelen bryting zapaśnictwo luta livre борьба brottning การแข่งขันมวยปล้ำ güreş môn đấu vật 摔跤