noun
Meaning 1
A bout of arm wrestling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
arm-wrestle
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verb
Meaning 2
To compete in an arm-wrestle (with).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pull wrists
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To struggle (with) for dominance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive, broadly
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From arm + wrestle.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: كاسر (kāsar) — to compete in an arm-wrestle
- Chinese Cantonese: 拗手瓜 (aau2 sau2 gwaa1) — to compete in an arm-wrestle
- Chinese Mandarin: 掰手腕 (bāi shǒuwàn) — to compete in an arm-wrestle
- Danish: lægge arm — to compete in an arm-wrestle
- Dutch: armworstelen — to compete in an arm-wrestle
- Finnish: vääntää kättä — to compete in an arm-wrestle
- Galician: botar un pulso — to compete in an arm-wrestle
- Galician: pulsear — to compete in an arm-wrestle
- German: armdrücken — to compete in an arm-wrestle
- Hindi: पंजा लड़ाना (pañjā laṛānā) — to compete in an arm-wrestle
- Hungarian: szkanderezik — to compete in an arm-wrestle
- Indonesian: berpanco — to compete in an arm-wrestle
- Italian: fare a braccio di ferro — to compete in an arm-wrestle
- Japanese: アームレスリングする (āmu resuringu suru) — to compete in an arm-wrestle
- Māori: mamau ringa — to compete in an arm-wrestle
- Polish: siłować się — to compete in an arm-wrestle
- Polish: siłować na rękę — to compete in an arm-wrestle
- Polish: siłować się na rękę — to compete in an arm-wrestle
- Portuguese: disputar queda de braço — to compete in an arm-wrestle
- Spanish: pulsear — to compete in an arm-wrestle
- Spanish: echar un pulso — to compete in an arm-wrestle
- Spanish: echar unas fuercitas — to compete in an arm-wrestle