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folkstyle

folkstyle adjective: being a style of amateur wrestling practised at collegiate and university level in the United States; the ultimate goal is to pin the opponent to the mat, and the legs can be used in offense and defense.

Adjective

folkstyle (not comparable)

  1. (US) Being a style of amateur wrestling practised at collegiate and university level in the United States; the ultimate goal is to pin the opponent to the mat, and the legs can be used in offense and defense.
    • But there are differences in the scoring and technique between the folkstyle wrestling in college, and the freestyle at the Olympics and the world championships.2009 May 3, The Associated Press, “A U.S. College Wrestler Sees a World of Possibility”, in New York Times

Origin of folkstyle

From folk + style.

Questions about folkstyle

What does folkstyle mean?
Folkstyle means being a style of amateur wrestling practised at collegiate and university level in the United States; the ultimate goal is to pin the opponent to the mat, and the legs can be used in offense and defense.
What part of speech is folkstyle?
Folkstyle is an adjective.

Words near folkstyle in the dictionary

  1. folkstead
  2. folksteads
  3. folkster
  4. folksters
  5. Folkston
  6. folkstyle
  7. folksy
  8. folktale
  9. folktales
  10. Folkton
  11. folktronic

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