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wrestling

USRES-uhl-ing/ˈɹɛs.l̩.ɪŋ/

Pluralwrestlings

5 meanings of wrestling

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  1. 1
    nouncountable or uncountable
    A sport where two people fight with their bare hands, each trying to hold the other down.

    My brother joined the wrestling team at his high school.

    Wrestling is one of the oldest sports in the Olympics.

  2. 2
    nouncountable or uncountableabbreviationellipsis
    Short for professional wrestling. It means wrestling shows where the moves and winners are planned ahead.

    My dad still watches wrestling on TV every Monday night and cheers for the bad guys.

    In wrestling, the winner of each match is decided before the show begins.

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  3. 3
    verb
    Present participle and gerund of wrestle. Use it after is, are or was, or to name the action.

    The two boys were wrestling on the grass.

    She spent an hour wrestling the old sofa up the stairs.

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  4. 4
    nouncountable
    A fight where people grab and push each other, or a hard effort to reach a goal.

    After a lot of wrestling with the idea, she decided to move to a new city.

    The wrestling between the two puppies ended when one fell asleep.

    Similarstruggle, tussle, scuffle

Less common meaning

  1. 5
    noundatedcountable
    A single match in which two people wrestle.

    The fair ended with a wrestling on the village green.

    Each wrestling lasted until one man was thrown to the ground.

    Similarbout, match

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wrestling is a form of wrestle

wrestle, verb: To hold and push someone to get them onto the ground, often as a sport or in a fight. Full entry

Forms
wrestlewrestles he/she/itwrestling -ing formwrestled past tense, past participle
Spelling
wrestle → wrestling: drop the e, add -ing

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Origin

From the late Old English word wræstlung.