| NOUN | act | wrestling hold | a hold used in the sport of wrestling |
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| Meaning | A hold used in the sport of wrestling. | |
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| Part of | wrestling, rassling, grappling | The sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down |
| Narrower | Japanese stranglehold | A wrestling hold in which the opponent's arms are crossed in front of his own neck to exert pressure on his windpipe |
| bear hug | A wrestling hold with arms locked tightly around the opponent | |
| lock | Any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured | |
| nelson | Any of several wrestling holds in which an arm is passed under the opponent's arm from behind and the hand exerts pressure on the back of the neck | |
| scissors, scissors hold, scissor hold, scissor grip, scissors grip | A wrestling hold in which you wrap your legs around the opponents body or head and put your feet together and squeeze | |
| stranglehold | A wrestling hold in which the arms are pressed against the opponent's windpipe | |
| toehold | A wrestling hold in which the toe is held and the leg is twisted against the joints | |
| Broader | clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, hold | The act of grasping |
| Spanish | llave | |
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