wrestling
/ˈɹɛs.l̩.ɪŋ/
wrestling noun: a sport where two opponents attempt to subdue each other in bare-handed grappling using techniques of leverage, holding, and pressure points. Also the ellipsis of professional wrestling.
Noun
wrestling (countable and uncountable, plural wrestlings)
- A sport where two opponents attempt to subdue each other in bare-handed grappling using techniques of leverage, holding, and pressure points.
- A wrestling match.
- […] and the modern reader, who finds that races, boxing-matches, and wrestlings do in truth supply the chief occasions of Pindar's poetry […]1879, F. D. Morice, Pindar, chapter 4, page 42
- The act of one who wrestles; a struggle to achieve something.
- I'd count not wearisome / Long toil, nor enterprise, / But strain to reach it; aye, with wrestlings stout / And hopes that even in the dark will grow[…]1863, Jean Ingelow, “Honors”, in Poems
Also used as
wrestling is also the ellipsis of professional wrestling.
wrestling is also the present participle and gerund of wrestle.
wrestling meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
wrestling in Hindi
- कुश्ती, कुश्ती करना
wrestling in Tamil
- மல்யுத்தம், மல்யுத்தம் செய்தல், மல்யுத்தம் செய்வது
wrestling in Marathi
- कुस्ती
wrestling in Urdu
- sport — see also freestyle wrestling
- کشتی kušti, کشتی بازی kušti bāzī
More languagesFewer languages
- wrestling in Bengali
- কুস্তি
- wrestling in Malayalam
- മൽപ്പിടുത്തം malppiṭuttaṁ, ഗുസ്തി gusti
- wrestling in Kannada
- ಕುಸ್ತಿ
- wrestling in Punjabi
- ਕੁਸ਼ਤੀ
- wrestling in Gujarati
- કુસ્તી
- wrestling in Odia
- କୁସ୍ତି
- wrestling in Nepali
- कुस्ती
- wrestling in Tagalog
- buno, pagbubuno
- wrestling in Arabic
- مُصَارَعَة muṣāraʕa
- wrestling in Malay
- gusti
- wrestling in Persian
- کشتی košti
- wrestling in Thai
- มวยปล้ำ muai-bplâm
- wrestling in Vietnamese
- vật, đấu vật
Examples of wrestling in a sentence
- Arm wrestling is undecided as long as the opponents counterbalance each other.
- Greco-Roman wrestling is an Olympic sport bringing back the style of the Ancient Greeks and Roman physicality.
- I've been wrestling with your problem all night.
Forms of wrestling
| plural | wrestlings |
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Origin of wrestling
From late Old English wræstlung.
Words formed from wrestling
- all-in wrestling
- arm wrestling
- arm-wrestling
- Cornish wrestling
- Devon wrestling
- e-wrestling
- fantasy wrestling
- finger wrestling
- freestyle wrestling
- Graeco-Roman wrestling
- Greco-Roman wrestling
- Lancashire wrestling
- Mexican wrestling
- mud wrestling
- pro wrestling
- rasslin'
- shoot wrestling
- tag wrestling
- tongue wrestling
- wrestling ring
Phrases with wrestling
Words that rhyme with wrestling
Questions about wrestling
- What does wrestling mean?
- Wrestling means a sport where two opponents attempt to subdue each other in bare-handed grappling using techniques of leverage, holding, and pressure points.
- What is wrestling in Hindi?
- Wrestling in Hindi is कुश्ती, कुश्ती करना. See Wrestling meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is wrestling?
- Wrestling is a noun.
- How do you pronounce wrestling?
- Wrestling is pronounced /ˈɹɛs.l̩.ɪŋ/.
- What is the plural of wrestling?
- The plural of wrestling is wrestlings.
Words near wrestling in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: wrestling (page history and authors); wrestling (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wrestling (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wrestling (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wrestling (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wrestling (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wrestling (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wrestling (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wrestling (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wrestling (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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