folkstyle
English
Etymology
folk + style
Adjective
folkstyle (not comparable)
- (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.
- 2009 May 3, The Associated Press, “A U.S. College Wrestler Sees a World of Possibility”, in New York Times:
- But there are differences in the scoring and technique between the folkstyle wrestling in college, and the freestyle at the Olympics and the world championships.
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