(US, sports) Being a style of amateur wrestling practised at collegiate and university level in the United States; the ultimate goal is to pin the opponent to the mat, and the legs can be used in offe
(US, sports) Being a style of amateur wrestling practised at collegiate and university level in the United States; the ultimate goal is to pin the opponent to the mat, and the legs can be used in offense and defense.
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(UK) One of the two Olympic styles of wrestling, forbidding attacks below the waist.
A Southern US dialectal form of wrestle, used both literally for physical wrestling and figuratively for struggling with a difficult task or problem. With up it means to gather or scrape together with effort, as in wrassle up some grub. Carries a rustic, informal flavour and is associated with Appalachian and Southern American speech.
(chiefly, US, idiomatic) To continue to struggle or fight until either victorious or defeated.
(North America) Designating an informal kind of sit-down restaurant suitable for family outings.