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 is immobilized by having their wrist tightly held.

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Examples

  • 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

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