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| wres·tle [ réss'l ] |
verb (past and past participle wres·tled, present participle wres·tling, 3rd person present singular wres·tles) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb fight by gripping and pushing: to fight somebody using special holds and moves in an attempt to force his or her shoulders onto a mat
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2. transitive and intransitive verb have struggling fight: to fight with somebody by gripping and pushing rather than hitting
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3. intransitive verb have difficulty: to struggle to deal with something difficult or intractable
  I spent the evening wrestling with my accounts.
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4. transitive and intransitive verb maneuver something awkward: to struggle to lift or move something
We wrestled the trunk down the hall.
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noun (plural wres·tles) |
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1. fight between wrestlers: a wrestling match, or a fight in which people wrestle rather than hit each other
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2. difficult struggle: a struggle to deal with something difficult or intractable
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| [ Old English. < wrǣstan (see wrest)] |
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| wres·tler noun |
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