Definitions

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  • noun sports a wrestling move
  • noun rare a deadlock

Etymologies

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death +‎ lock

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Examples

  • Back in, HHH goes to an Indian deathlock, which is just so not the right move to be doing to wake up the crowd.

    Scott's Blog of Doom 2009

  • Jones now runs a garage in Charlotte and has contracted cancer, affording South the opportunity to witness to him and pray with him weekly—a dream come true that South says could be rivaled only by “him beating me with an Indian deathlock.”

    FLY FISHING WITH DARTH VADER MATT LABASH 2010

  • While Americans watch the consequence of this deathlock, settlements persist and expand, largely ignored by American leaders and all but unseen through the American television porthole.

    Letters: The View From The Ex-Presidency 2007

  • When winter has you in a deathlock and even the evergreens look peaked, the only sensible thing to do is to cultivate your garden.

    Philly.com - Latest Videos 2009

  • Late in the bout, Rivera caught CIMA in a deathlock but Crazy broke it up.

    PWInsider Latest Articles 2009

  • Late in the bout, Rivera caught CIMA in a deathlock but Crazy broke it up.

    PWInsider Latest Articles 2009

  • Stinger splash and Scorpion deathlock for Flair, but DDP breaks it up.

    Scott's Blog of Doom 2009

  • Scorpion deathlock, but Vader makes the ropes and bails, so Sting tries another crazy charge and hits the railing as a result.

    Scott's Blog of Doom 2008

  • Scorpion deathlock, but Vader makes the ropes and bails, so Sting tries another crazy charge and hits the railing as a result.

    Scott's Blog of Doom 2008

  • Scorpion deathlock, but Vader makes the ropes and bails, so Sting tries another crazy charge and hits the railing as a result.

    Scott's Blog of Doom 2008

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