wrestling in English

noun

1

the sport or activity of grappling with an opponent and trying to throw or hold them down on the ground, typically according to a code of rules.

These situations would include sport matches in wrestling and judo where people are fighting with resistance.

verb

1

take part in a fight, either as a sport or in earnest, that involves grappling with one's opponent and trying to throw or force them to the ground.

as the policeman wrestled with the gunman a shot rang out

2

struggle with a difficulty or problem.

for over a year David wrestled with a guilty conscience

synonyms: grapple, fight, struggle, contend, vie, battle, wrangle, scuffle, tussle, brawl, scrap, wrassle, rassle

noun

• grappling
• wrestle, grappling, grapple

verb

• grapple, fight, struggle, contend, vie, battle, wrangle, scuffle, tussle, brawl, scrap, wrassle, rassle
• worm, twist, writhe, wriggle, squirm

Use "wrestling" in a sentence

1. Don't start wrestling yet.

2. Sumo wrestling originated in Japan.

3. Professional wrestling portal Clark, Ryan.

4. He enjoys going to wrestling bouts.

5. GCW Bloodsport is a professional wrestling event held by the American promotion Game Changer Wrestling (GCW)

6. The Brawlers Wrestling Club is the youth wrestling club located at Bishop McNamara Catholic High School

7. Los Boricuas was a Puerto Rican professional wrestling faction in the World Wrestling Federation in the late 1990s

8. Mike Shaw started wrestling in 1981 in Vancouver's NWA All-Star Wrestling using the ring name Klondike Mike.

9. You still wrestling with that kitchen sink?

10. Wrestling with God, Acquiring a Limp

11. He wrenched his back in wrestling.

12. The Anoa'i family wrestling dynasty: photos

13. He defaulted in the wrestling tournament.

14. Others are still wrestling with the decision.

15. Cowcatcher posted a topic in Wrestling Mat

16. Games such as wrestling attracted curious spectators.

17. Several passengers were wrestling with their luggage.

18. Absolution was a professional wrestling stable in WWE.

19. Wrestling elbowed judo out of the 1994 Games.

20. You boys stop wrestling with each other!

21. The pilot was wrestling with the controls.

22. He took parachuting, wrestling and scuba diving.

23. Is a documentary series that follows the German wrestling tag team 'Pretty Bastards' as they make their way through the independent wrestling circuit

24. UWW currently recognizes six wrestling disciplines in all.

25. The contest is an extraordinary feat of wrestling.

26. I got interested in wrestling because of Denny.

27. First of all, this is a wrestling picture.

28. Athlete, he became Adeptin wrestling and rock climbing

29. Children were scampering and wrestling in the playground.

30. Penn State wrestling wins Convincingly against Maryland, 44-0

31. A contest between antagonists; a match: a wrestling Bout

32. Federal officials also are wrestling with the issue.

33. The government is wrestling with difficult economic problems.

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35. Keith sprained his wrist in a wrestling match.

36. As for wrestling, Shim Kwon-ho is the best!

37. Why don't you drop by our wrestling ring sometime?

38. Former Fermi Wrestling Coach Attains Highest National Honor - Enfield, CT - The high school wrestling icon will be honored as a member of the …

39. Bultong falls under the international classification of "belt wrestling

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41. A contest between antagonists; a match: a wrestling Bout

42. 18 The government is wrestling with difficult economic problems.

43. 21 The contest is an extraordinary feat of wrestling.

44. This was especially the case in boxing, wrestling and the free-for-all contest known as the pancratium, where boxing and wrestling were combined.

45. Europe is now wrestling with an economic crisis, but we have all, in fact, been wrestling for many years with a lack of innovation.

46. Lord Blears had many contacts in the world of professional wrestling and was instrumental in bringing many of the top wrestling talents of the day to Hawaii.

47. He won six high-school wrestling matches in a row.

48. She had spent the whole weekend wrestling with the problem.

49. Girls are best suited for the kitchen not for wrestling

50. The result was a cross between sumo wrestling and origami.