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headlocks

headlocks is the plural of headlock.

headlocks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of headlock.

Meaning of headlock

Noun

headlock (plural headlocks)

  1. A wrestling move where the attacker puts their arm tightly round their opponent's head, from which the opponent cannot easily escape.
    • Your love is like a studded leather headlock
      Your kiss, it could put creases in the rain
      You're rarer than a can of dandelion and burdock
      And those other girls are just post-mix lemonade2011, Alex Turner, “Suck It And See”, in Suck It And See, performed by Arctic Monkeys

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Questions about headlocks

What is headlocks the plural of?
Headlocks is the plural of headlock.

Words near headlocks in the dictionary

  1. headload
  2. headloads
  3. headlock
  4. headlocked
  5. headlocking
  6. headlocks
  7. headlong
  8. headlonged
  9. headlonging
  10. headlongly
  11. headlongness

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