wrestling
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See also: Wrestling
English
Etymology
From late Old English wræstlunge.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹɛs.l̩.ɪŋ/, /ˈɹɛs.lɪŋ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛslɪŋ
Verb
wrestling
- present participle and gerund of wrestle
Noun
wrestling (countable and uncountable, plural 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”).
- (countable, dated) A wrestling match.
- (countable) The act of one who wrestles; a struggle to achieve something.
- 1863, Jean Ingelow, “Honors”, in Poems:
- 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 […]
Derived terms
Translations
sport — see also freestyle wrestling
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tumbling act
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See also
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English wrestling, from Old English wræstlunge.
Pronunciation
Noun
wrestling m inan
Declension
Declension of wrestling
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | wrestling |
| genitive | wrestlingu |
| dative | wrestlingowi |
| accusative | wrestling |
| instrumental | wrestlingiem |
| locative | wrestlingu |
| vocative | wrestlingu |
Further reading
- wrestling in Polish dictionaries at PWN