Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A wrestling hold in which an opponent's wrist is gripped and twisted to immobilize the opponent.
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- noun a
wrestling hold in which the opponent isimmobilized by having their wrist tightly held.
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Examples
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Using a wristlock, I whipped him around and rammed his face against the wall.
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Using a wristlock, I whipped him around and rammed his face against the wall.
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I thought about the pros and cons of releasing the wristlock.
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I thought about the pros and cons of releasing the wristlock.
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We get to a kind of stalemate on the old wrestling when I have him in a wristlock and then we end up kissing again.
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I thought about the pros and cons of releasing the wristlock.
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We get to a kind of stalemate on the old wrestling when I have him in a wristlock and then we end up kissing again.
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It did give me confidence to learn karate, to learn how to eye a situation, figure out my best tactic, to practice blocking a kick or punch, to learn how to put a wristlock on someone much bigger than I was.
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One of Wife's cousins tried to drag me bodily into a conga line but I remembered enough of my Aikido to escape her Chi Na wristlock.
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In a lot of ways, the carnival was the perfect place for a kid who barely knew a wristlock from a wristwatch.
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