overhook

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noun

A clinch hold performed by putting an arm over the opponent's arm, and encircling the opponent's arm or upper body.

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Meanings

nounoverhook (plural overhooks)

plural overhooks

  1. governmentA clinch hold performed by putting an arm over the opponent's arm, and encircling the opponent's arm or upper body.

    He used overhooks to block the punches, but he didn't seem to know any submissions off the overhooks.

    2005, Eddie Bravo, Jiu-jitsu Unleashed, page 12
verboverhook (third-person singular simple present overhooks, present participle overhooking, simple past and past participle overhooked)

present singular third person overhooks · participle present overhooking · participle past overhooked · past overhooked

  1. transitivegovernmentTo use such a hold upon.

    Overhook one of his arms just above the elbow (here the right arm overhooks the opponent's left arm).

    2004, Mark Hatmaker, No Holds Barred Fighting: Savage Strikes, page 128

Origin

From over- + hook.

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APA

overhook. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overhook

MLA

“overhook.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overhook. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overhook,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overhook.

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