wrestling

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/ˈɹɛs.l̩.ɪŋ//ˈɹɛs.lɪŋ/

noun

A sport where two opponents attempt to subdue each other in bare-handed grappling using techniques of leverage, holding, and pressure points.

Similar
wrestlegrapplegrapplinghand-to-hand strugglerassling
OriginOld English wræstlung →
CommonScrabble 13
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Meanings

nounwrestling (countable and uncountable, plural wrestlings)

plural wrestlings

  1. countableuncountableA sport where two opponents attempt to subdue each other in bare-handed grappling using techniques of leverage, holding, and pressure points.
  2. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of professional wrestling (“act that emulates the sport of wrestling”).
  3. countabledatedA wrestling match.

    […] and the modern reader, who finds that races, boxing-matches, and wrestlings do in truth supply the chief occasions of Pindar's poetry […]

    1879, F. D. Morice, Pindar, chapter 4, page 42
  4. countableThe act of one who wrestles; a struggle to achieve something.

    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[…]

    1863, Jean Ingelow, “Honors”, in Poems
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of wrestle

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat

Similar
wrestlegrapplegrapplinghand-to-hand struggle
Broader
struggle

nounthe sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down

Similar
rasslinggrappling
Broader
contact sport
Also see
grapplegrapplinghandygripeswrestle

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Old Englishwræstlung
  2. Englishwrestling

From late Old English wræstlung.

More words from Old English

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Ancient Greek πάλη
  • πάλη (pálē)sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Arabic مُصَارَعَة
  • مُصَارَعَة (muṣāraʕa)sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Bulgarian борба
  • борба (borba)sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Catalan lluita
  • lluitasport — see also freestyle wrestling
Chinese Mandarin 摔角, 摔跤
  • 摔角 (shuāijiǎo)sport — see also freestyle wrestling
  • 摔跤 (shuāijiāo)sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Czech zápas
  • zápassport — see also freestyle wrestling
Danish brydning
  • brydningsport — see also freestyle wrestling
Dutch worstelen
  • worstelensport — see also freestyle wrestling
Finnish paini, painiottelu
  • painisport — see also freestyle wrestling
  • painiotteluwrestling match
  • painiact of one who wrestles
  • ponnistelustruggle to achieve something
  • vääntöstruggle to achieve something
French lutte
  • luttesport — see also freestyle wrestling
German Ringkampf, Ringen
  • Ringkampfsport — see also freestyle wrestling
  • Ringensport — see also freestyle wrestling
Greek πάλη
  • πάλη (páli)sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Hebrew היאבקות
  • היאבקות (hiávkut)sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Hungarian birkózás
  • birkózássport — see also freestyle wrestling
Irish iomrascáil, coraíocht
  • iomrascáilsport — see also freestyle wrestling
  • coraíochtsport — see also freestyle wrestling
Italian lotta
  • lottasport — see also freestyle wrestling
Japanese レスリング
  • レスリング (resuringu)sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Korean 레슬링
  • 레슬링 (reseulling)sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Latin luctātiō
  • luctātiōsport — see also freestyle wrestling
Malay gusti
  • gustisport — see also freestyle wrestling
Norwegian Bokmål bryting
  • brytingsport — see also freestyle wrestling
Persian کشتی
  • کشتی (košti)sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Polish zapasy, wrestling
  • zapasysport — see also freestyle wrestling
  • wrestlingsport — see also freestyle wrestling
Portuguese luta
  • lutasport — see also freestyle wrestling
Romanian luptă
  • luptăsport — see also freestyle wrestling
Russian борьба́
  • борьба́ (borʹbá)sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Spanish lucha
  • luchasport — see also freestyle wrestling
Swahili mieleka
  • mielekasport — see also freestyle wrestling
Swedish brottning
  • brottningsport — see also freestyle wrestling
Tagalog buno, pagbubuno
  • bunosport — see also freestyle wrestling
  • pagbubunosport — see also freestyle wrestling
Thai มวยปล้ำ
  • มวยปล้ำ (muai-bplâm)sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Turkish güreş
  • güreşsport — see also freestyle wrestling
Ukrainian боротьба́
  • боротьба́ (borotʹbá)sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Urdu کشتی, کشتی بازی
  • کشتی (kušti)sport — see also freestyle wrestling
  • کشتی بازی (kušti bāzī)sport — see also freestyle wrestling
Vietnamese vật, đấu vật
  • vậtsport — see also freestyle wrestling
  • đấu vậtsport — see also freestyle wrestling

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with wrestling

nestling
All rhymes →
Cite this entry
APA

wrestling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wrestling

MLA

“wrestling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wrestling. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wrestling,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wrestling.

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