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overhook

overhook noun: a clinch hold performed by putting an arm over the opponent's arm, and encircling the opponent's arm or upper body.

Noun

overhook (plural overhooks)

  1. A clinch hold performed by putting an arm over the opponent's arm, and encircling the opponent's arm or upper body.
    • He used overhooks to block the punches, but he didn't seem to know any submissions off the overhooks.2005, Eddie Bravo, Jiu-jitsu Unleashed, page 12

Verb

overhook (third-person singular simple present overhooks, present participle overhooking, simple past and past participle overhooked)

  1. (transitive) To use such a hold upon.
    • Overhook one of his arms just above the elbow (here the right arm overhooks the opponent's left arm).2004, Mark Hatmaker, No Holds Barred Fighting: Savage Strikes, page 128

Forms of overhook

Noun
pluraloverhooks
Verb
third-person singular presentoverhooks
present participleoverhooking
past participleoverhooked
pastoverhooked

Origin of overhook

From over- + hook.

Questions about overhook

What does overhook mean?
Overhook means a clinch hold performed by putting an arm over the opponent's arm, and encircling the opponent's arm or upper body.
What part of speech is overhook?
Overhook can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of overhook?
The plural of overhook is overhooks.

Words near overhook in the dictionary

  1. overhonors
  2. overhonour
  3. overhonoured
  4. overhonouring
  5. overhonours
  6. overhook
  7. overhooked
  8. overhooking
  9. overhooks
  10. overhope
  11. overhoped

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