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arm-wrestle

arm-wrestle noun: a bout of arm wrestling.

Noun

arm-wrestle (plural arm-wrestles)

  1. A bout of arm wrestling.

Verb

arm-wrestle (third-person singular simple present arm-wrestles, present participle arm-wrestling, simple past and past participle arm-wrestled)

  1. (ambitransitive) To compete in an arm-wrestle (with).
    Synonyms:
    pull wrists
  2. (ambitransitive, broadly) To struggle (with) for dominance.
    • Unable to give any answer, Benhur finds himself being arm-wrestled on both sides; he feels like a boy with them, unscathed as yet by Tuesday morning in Constitutional Law1996, Linda Ty-Casper, DreamEden, →ISBN, page 318
    • I arm-wrestled a promise from Gordon Dempsey that news of our night in Atlantic City would go no further.1999, Roz D. Fox, Welcome to My Family, →ISBN, page 151

arm-wrestle meaning in Hindi and Indonesian

arm-wrestle in Hindi

to compete in an arm-wrestle
पंजा लड़ाना pañjā laṛānā

arm-wrestle in Indonesian

to compete in an arm-wrestle
berpanco

Synonyms of arm-wrestle

  • pull wrists

Forms of arm-wrestle

Noun
pluralarm-wrestles
alternative formarm wrestle
Verb
third-person singular presentarm-wrestles
present participlearm-wrestling
past participlearm-wrestled
pastarm-wrestled

Origin of arm-wrestle

From arm + wrestle.

Words formed from arm-wrestle

Questions about arm-wrestle

What does arm-wrestle mean?
Arm-wrestle means a bout of arm wrestling.
What is arm-wrestle in Hindi?
Arm-wrestle in Hindi is पंजा लड़ाना (pañjā laṛānā). See Arm-wrestle meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is arm-wrestle?
Arm-wrestle can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of arm-wrestle?
The plural of arm-wrestle is arm-wrestles.

Words near arm-wrestle in the dictionary

  1. arm-twister
  2. arm-twisters
  3. arm-twisting
  4. arm-twistings
  5. arm-twists
  6. arm-wrestle
  7. arm-wrestled
  8. arm-wrestler
  9. arm-wrestlers
  10. arm-wrestles
  11. arm-wrestling

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