headlock

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

(in WRESTLING) a way of holding an opponent's head so that they cannot move: He had him in a headlock.

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.

Same word in other sources

headlockEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary headlockEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus

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