wrestle

English

Alternative forms

wrassle (eye dialect)

Etymology

From Middle English wrestlen, wrastlen (also as wraxlen), from Old English wræstlian, wraxlian (“to contend, wrestle”); corresponding to wrest +‎ -le. Cognate with Saterland Frisian wrosselje (“to contend, wrestle”), West Frisian wrakselje (“to wrestle”), Middle Dutch wrastelen (“to wrestle”), Middle Low German wrostelen (“to wrestle”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛ.səl/
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Rhymes: -ɛsəl

Noun

wrestle (plural wrestles)

A wrestling bout.
A struggle.

Translations

wrestling bout

Bulgarian: борба (bg) (borba)
Finnish: paini (fi), painiottelu
Greek: πάλη (el) (páli)

struggle

Bulgarian: борба (bg) f (borba)
Finnish: paini (fi), kamppailu (fi)

Verb

wrestle (third-person singular simple present wrestles, present participle wrestling, simple past and past participle wrestled)

(intransitive) To contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw, immobilize or otherwise defeat him, depending on the specific rules of the contest
(intransitive) To struggle or strive
(transitive) To take part in a wrestling match with someone
(transitive) To move or lift something with difficulty
(transitive) To throw a calf etc in order to brand it
(transitive) To fight.
- 2018 June 18, Phil McNulty, “Tunisia 1 – 2 England”, in BBC Sport‎, archived from the original on 21 April 2019:
  Tunisia dug in to frustrate England in the second half but [Harry] Kane was the match-winner with a late header from Harry Maguire's flick, justice being done after referee Wilmar Roldan and the video assistant referee (VAR) had failed to spot him being wrestled to the ground twice in the penalty area.

Translations

to contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw

Bulgarian: боря се (borja se)
Catalan: lluitar (ca)
Cebuano: dumog
Chinese:
Mandarin: 摔角 (zh) (shuāijiǎo), 摔跤 (zh) (shuāijiāo), 搏鬥／搏斗 (zh) (bódòu)
Czech: zápasit
Danish: bryde (da)
Dutch: worstelen (nl)
Esperanto: lukti (eo)
Finnish: painia (fi)
French: lutter (fr)
Galician: loitar
German: ringen (de)
Greek: παλεύω (el) (palévo)
Ancient: παλαίω (palaíō)
Hungarian: birkózik (hu)
Ibanag: gabbu
Ilocano: aggabbo
Indonesian: gulat (id), bergulat (id)
Isnag: xabbo
Japanese: 格闘する (ja) (かくとうする, kakutō suru)
Latin: luctor
Malay: gusti, bergusti
Maori: whātōtō
Norwegian: bryte (no)
Portuguese: lutar (pt)
Romanian: lupta (ro)
Russian: боро́ться (ru) impf (borótʹsja), поборо́ться (ru) impf (poborótʹsja)
Serbo-Croatian: rvati (sh)
Spanish: luchar (es)
Swedish: brotta (sv)
Tagalog: buno, ibuno
Thai: ปล้ำ (th) (bplâm)
Tibetan: ཨབ་ཐང་ཚད (ab thang tshad), སྦེ་ག་ཚད (sbe ga tshad)
Turkish: güreşmek (tr)
Vietnamese: vật (vi)
Waray-Waray: dulong
West Frisian: wrakselje

to struggle or strive

Esperanto: lukti (eo)
Bulgarian: боря се (borja se)
Finnish: painia (fi), kamppailla (fi)
Galician: loitar

to take part in wrestling match

Bulgarian: боря се (borja se)
Finnish: painia (fi)
Galician: loitar
Persian: کشتی گرفتن‎ (fa) (košti gereftan)
Portuguese: combater (pt)
Urdu: کشتی لڑنا‎‎ (kušti laṛnā)

to move or lift with difficulty

Bulgarian: боря се (borja se)
Finnish: punnertaa (fi)

to throw an animal for branding

Finnish: kaataa (fi)

to fight

Finnish: painia (fi), tapella (fi)
Greek: παλεύω (el) (palévo)

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Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} אבק‎ (he) (âbak)

Anagrams

Lewters, Welters, swelter, welters