wristlock

Definitions

noun A wrestling hold in which an opponent's wrist is gripped and twisted to immobilize the opponent.

noun a wrestling hold in which the opponent is immobilized by having their wrist tightly held.

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Using a wristlock, I whipped him around and rammed his face against the wall.

No Mercy Lori Armstrong 2010
Using a wristlock, I whipped him around and rammed his face against the wall.

No Mercy Lori Armstrong 2010
I thought about the pros and cons of releasing the wristlock.

I Am Not A Psychic! Richard Belzer 2009
I thought about the pros and cons of releasing the wristlock.

I Am Not A Psychic! Richard Belzer 2009
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.

fragile-liar Diary Entry fragile-liar 2009
I thought about the pros and cons of releasing the wristlock.

I Am Not A Psychic! Richard Belzer 2009
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.

fragile-liar Diary Entry fragile-liar 2009
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.

Archive 2008-02-01 e 2008
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.

Survival of the deafest jhetley 2006
In a lot of ways, the carnival was the perfect place for a kid who barely knew a wristlock from a wristwatch.

“Classy” Freddie Blassie Freddie Blassie 2003