arm wrestling

  • 1Arm wrestling — is a sport with two participants. Each participant places one arm, both put either the right or left, on a surface, with their elbows bent and touching the surface, and they grip each other s hand. The goal is to pin the other s arm onto the… …

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  • 2arm-wrestling — UK US noun [uncountable] a competition between two people to find out who is stronger, in which they sit opposite each other and place an elbow on a table between them. Each holds the other’s hand and tries to force their arm down onto the table… …

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  • 3arm-wrestling — ☆ arm wrestling [ärm′res΄liŋ ] n. INDIAN WRESTLING (sense 1) * * * …

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  • 4arm-wrestling — ☆ arm wrestling [ärm′res΄liŋ ] n. INDIAN WRESTLING (sense 1) …

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  • 5arm-wrestling — ► NOUN ▪ a contest in which two people engage hands and try to force each other s arm down on to a surface …

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  • 6arm wrestling — a form of wrestling in which two opponents, usually facing each other across a table, rest their right or left elbows on the table and, placing their corresponding forearms upward and parallel, grip each other s hand, the object being to force… …

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  • 7arm wrestling — arm′ wres tling or arm′ wres tling n. spo a form of wrestling in which two opponents grip right or left hands with elbows on a table, the winner forcing the other s hand down to touch the table Also called Indian wrestling arm′ wres tle, v.i. v.t …

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  • 8Arm Wrestling (video game) — Infobox VG title = Arm Wrestling caption = Arcade flyer of Nintendo s Arm Wrestling arcade game. developer = Nintendo IRD publisher = Nintendo of America designer = release = NA 1985 genre = Sports game modes = Up to 2 players, alternating turns… …

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  • 9arm wrestling — noun Date: 1973 a form of wrestling in which two opponents sit face to face gripping usually their right hands, set corresponding elbows firmly on a surface (as a tabletop), and attempt to force each other s arm down called also Indian wrestling …

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  • 10arm-wrestling — noun a contest in which two people sit opposite each other with one elbow resting on a table and try to force each other s arm down on to the table. Derivatives arm wrestle verb …

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