Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A wrestling hold in which the head of one wrestler is encircled and locked by the arm and body of the other.
Wiktionary
- n. A wrestling move where the attacker puts their arm tightly round their opponent's head, which the opponent can't easily escape from.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Sport) A wrestling hold in which the opponent's head is locked between the crook of your elbow and the side of your body.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a wrestling hold in which the opponent's head is locked between the crook of your elbow and the side of your body
Examples
““That move you used is called a headlock,” he said.”
“The victim then was accosted from behind by 31 year old Michael W. Coleman Jr who reached around the neck of the victim in a "headlock" type maneuver then held a knife to the victim's throat.”
“Harris previously told the grand jury investigating the killing that he saw Clark get put in a "headlock" outside the club.”
“The guy in the headlock actually had the nerve to laugh— which, of course, only made his tormenter angrier.”
“Up ahead, just under a flickering light, I saw some guy—a football jock, no doubt—holding a much smaller guy in a headlock.”
“Stephanie Sinclair/VII for The Wall Street Journal 'The headlock, that was all him.”
“Alex Williams, a senior at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash., was telling Mr. Buffett how much he appreciated the visit when Mr. Buffett interjected: I'll just put you in a headlock.”
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“Stephanie Sinclair/VII for The Wall Street Journal 'He just said, "I'll just put you in a headlock, how about that?”
“I went afterward, and he said, "Why don't you put me in a headlock?”
“Sohothin lay out of reach, twenty yards away, and a scorched norn held Rytlock in a headlock.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘headlock’.
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End in -ock
Inspired by fbharjo (see spitchcock).
spitchcock, hillock, willock, peacock, pajock, penock, yapock, sycock, bittock, bawcock, burrock, cammock and 168 more...
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Words that hurt
A collection of words that inflict pain. If you liked this, check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunch_Money_(game)
jab, headbutt, headlock, choke, elbow, grab, kick, slap, roundhouse, spinning backfist, stomp, uppercut and 40 more...
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sionnach's Words
contumely, fomite, holmgang, poltroon, eleemosynary, obsidian, nugatory, grindcore, felch, recrudescent, pyx, parenteral and 3271 more...
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Orphanage of neglected words, starved...
The words on this list need to get out more. Seriously, I can't believe I'm the only person listing them. Won't you please consider offering them a playdate with some of your words? Surely you have...
grog blossom, hellspawn, hellespont, embryology, hamfisted, topkapi, footling, fancier, lindisfarne, krispy kreme, mortal coil, byline and 29 more...
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Wrestling with Words
Wrestling holds and moves. (Not professional wrestling, which deserves its own list.)
flying mare, scissor grip, scissors hold, toe hold, strangle, stranglehold, japanese strangle..., bear hug, Nelson, full nelson, half nelson, lock and 19 more...
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