armlock
armlock noun: a wrestling move in which the opponent's arm is held immobile.
Noun
armlock (plural armlocks)
- A wrestling move in which the opponent's arm is held immobile.
- Any of several distinct attacks against an opponent’s arm in martial arts.
- A fighting hold in which the arm is used to immobilise an opponent.
- It would keep the bone-cage of his body safe:
no enemy's clasp would crush him in it,
no vicious armlock choke his life out.1999, Seamus Heaney, Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page 47
- It would keep the bone-cage of his body safe:
- Power to control or heavily influence something or someone.
- Mr Chávez remains a formidable opponent. […] He has an armlock on the country’s institutions.2012 September 29, “Venezuela’s presidential election: The autocrat and the ballot box”, in The Economist, archived from the original on 20 Dec 2020
Verb
armlock (third-person singular simple present armlocks, present participle armlocking, simple past and past participle armlocked)
- To hold in an armlock.
armlock meaning in Tamil
armlock in Tamil
- கைப்பூட்டு
Forms of armlock
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | armlocks |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | armlocks |
| present participle | armlocking |
| past participle | armlocked |
| past | armlocked |
Origin of armlock
From arm + lock.
Questions about armlock
- What does armlock mean?
- Armlock means a wrestling move in which the opponent's arm is held immobile.
- What is armlock in Tamil?
- Armlock in Tamil is கைப்பூட்டு. See Armlock meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is armlock?
- Armlock can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of armlock?
- The plural of armlock is armlocks.
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