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A sport where two opponents attempt to subdue each other in bare-handed grappling using techniques of leverage, holding, and pressure points.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sport
Ellipsis of professional wrestling (“act that emulates the sport of wrestling”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
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A wrestling match.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, dated
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The act of one who wrestles; a struggle to achieve something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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present participle and gerund of wrestle
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the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: rassling, grappling
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: contact sport
Narrower terms: flying mare, Greco-Roman wrestling, professional wrestling, sumo
the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
they had a fierce wrestle we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wrestle, grapple, grappling, hand-to-hand struggle
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: struggle
From late Old English wræstlung.
Across languages
Translations 91 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian :
mundje
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Southern Altai :
кӱреш
(küreš)
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Arabic :
مُصَارَعَة
(muṣāraʕa)
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Armenian :
ըմբշամարտ
(əmbšamart)
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Azerbaijani :
güləş
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Bashkir :
көрәш
(körəş)
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Bulgarian :
борба
(borba)
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Buryat :
барилдаан
(barildaan)
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Catalan :
lluita
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Chinese Mandarin :
摔角
(shuāijiǎo)
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Chinese Mandarin :
摔跤
(shuāijiāo)
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Crimean Tatar :
küreş
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Czech :
zápas
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Danish :
brydning
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Dutch :
worstelen
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Finnish :
paini
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
French :
lutte
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Gagauz :
güreş
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Galician :
loita
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
German :
Ringkampf
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
German :
Ringen
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Greek :
πάλη
(páli)
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Ancient Greek :
πάλη
(pálē)
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Hebrew :
היאבקות
(hiávkut)
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Hungarian :
birkózás
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Irish :
iomrascáil
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Irish :
coraíocht
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Italian :
lotta
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Japanese :
レスリング
(resuringu)
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Kalmyk :
ноолдлһн
(nooldlğn)
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Kalmyk :
бәрлдән
(bärldän)
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Kazakh :
күрес
(küres)
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Khakas :
кӱрес
(küres)
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Korean :
레슬링
(reseulling)
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Southern Kurdish :
زووران
(zûran)
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Kyrgyz :
күрөш
(küröş)
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Latin :
luctātiō
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Malay :
gusti
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Malayalam :
മൽപ്പിടുത്തം
(malppiṭuttaṁ)
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Malayalam :
ഗുസ്തി
(gusti)
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Maltese :
lotta
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Maltese :
sarar
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Maltese :
sirigħ
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Mongolian :
бөх
(böx)
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Navajo :
naʼahínítaah
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Nogai :
куьрес
(küres)
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Norwegian Bokmål :
bryting
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Norwegian Nynorsk :
bryting
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Occitan :
lucha
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Ojibwe :
gagwejiwaaniding
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Persian :
کشتی
(košti)
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Polish :
zapasy
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Polish :
wrestling
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Portuguese :
luta
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Romanian :
luptă
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Russian :
борьба́
(borʹbá)
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Scots :
warstlin
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Serbo-Croatian :
хр̀ва̄ње
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Serbo-Croatian :
hr̀vānje
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Shor :
кӱреш
(küreş)
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Slovene :
rokoborba
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Spanish :
lucha
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Swahili :
mieleka
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Swedish :
brottning
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Tagalog :
buno
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Tagalog :
pagbubuno
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Tajik :
гӯштингирӣ
(güštingiri)
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Tatar :
көрәш
(köräş)
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Thai :
มวยปล้ํา
(muai-bplâm)
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Tibetan :
ཨབ་ཐང
(ab thang)
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Tibetan :
སྦེ་ག
(sbe ga)
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Turkish :
güreş
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Ottoman Turkish :
كورش
(güreş)
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Turkmen :
göreş
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Tuvan :
хүреш
(xüreş)
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Tuvan :
демисел
(demisel)
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Ukrainian :
боротьба́
(borotʹbá)
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Urdu :
کشتی
(kušti)
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Urdu :
کشتی بازی
(kušti bāzī)
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Uyghur :
چېلىش
(chëlish)
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Uzbek :
kurash
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Vietnamese :
vật
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Vietnamese :
đấu vật
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Yakut :
тустуу
(tustuu)
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Yakut :
күрэс
(küres)
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Yoruba :
gídígbò
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Zazaki :
têmane
— sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Finnish :
painiottelu
— wrestling match
Finnish :
paini
— act of one who wrestles
Finnish :
ponnistelu
— struggle to achieve something
Finnish :
vääntö
— struggle to achieve something
