| NOUN | act | rassling, wrestling, grappling | the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down |
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| Meaning | The sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down. | |
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| Synonyms | wrestling, grappling | |
| Category of | 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 | |
| Parts | wrestling hold | A hold used in the sport of wrestling |
| Narrower | Greco-Roman wrestling | A style of wrestling where the wrestlers are forbidden to tackle or trip or use holds / holds below the waist |
| flying mare | A wrestling maneuver | |
| professional wrestling | wrestling for money | |
| sumo | A Japanese form of wrestling | |
| Broader | contact sport | A sport that necessarily involves body contact between opposing players |
| Spanish | agarre, lucha | |
| Catalan | lluita | |
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