Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A hold in wrestling and martial arts in which the opponent's arm is immobilized, often by flexing or extending the opponent's elbow or shoulder joint.
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- noun a
wrestling move in which the opponent'sarm is heldimmobile - noun any of several distinct
attacks against an opponent’s arm inmartial arts - noun Power to control or heavily influence something or somebody.
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Examples
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Then he put Humfrey in a kind of armlock and marched him forward.
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The bald one puts an armlock on me and applies pressure at the elbow.
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But as he stepped backward into the parking lot, holding the teller in an armlock and aiming the gun at her head, the dye pack exploded.
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While I was trying to secure a handcuffing armlock, a half a brick came out of the crowd and pegged me in the side of the head.
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You don't collect a donor by putting an armlock on him; you use a needle gun.
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It happened again less than a minute later near the top of the key, and this time after breaking free of the armlock, Artest tried to get in Harpring's face.
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You can only put reality in an armlock, if you greet it with open arms.
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The Californian won her first two by armlock, then pinned her third opponent for 25 seconds to get the win.
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Another artful judgement call is determining whether the drunk can be reasoned with or needs to be put in an armlock and shoved outside.
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She says probably 75% of her matches ended in the submission armlock, called an armbar.
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