wrestling
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wrestling
- /ˈɹɛs.l̩.ɪŋ/
- /ˈɹɛs.lɪŋ/
Rhymes with -ɛslɪŋ
Where it comes from
From late Old English wræstlung.
noun wrestlings
- A sport where two opponents attempt to subdue each other in bare-handed grappling using techniques of leverage, holding, and pressure points.
- Ellipsis of professional wrestling (“act that emulates the sport of wrestling”).
- A wrestling match. […] and the modern reader, who finds that races, boxing-matches, and wrestlings do in truth supply the chief occasions of Pindar's poetry […]
- The act of one who wrestles; a struggle to achieve something. I'd count not wearisome / Long toil, nor enterprise, / But strain to reach it; aye, with wrestlings stout / And hopes that even in the dark will grow[…]
verb
- present participle and gerund of wrestle
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: grappling, grapple, hand-to-hand struggle, rassling, combat, battle, fight, catch, fighting, prey, struggle, struggling, wrangle, eradication, contest, railway
Translations
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verb sport — see also freestyle wrestling
| Español | lucha |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 레슬링 reseulling |
| 日本語 | レスリング resuringu |
| 中文 | 摔角 shuāijiǎo, 摔跤 shuāijiāo |
| Kiswahili | mieleka |
| Português | luta |
| Français | lutte |
| Deutsch | Ringkampf, Ringen |
| Italiano | lotta |
| Ελληνικά | πάλη páli |
| Română | luptă |
| Русский | борьба́ borʹbá |
| Tiếng Việt | vật, đấu vật |
| العربية | مُصَارَعَة muṣāraʕa |
| עברית | היאבקות hiávkut |
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title = {wrestling},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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