body press

American  

noun

1. a hold in which a wrestler places full body weight on a supine opponent in trying to pin the opponent's shoulders to the mat.

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Example Sentences

As I sit in the front office, waiting for the principal, I feel Inkling’s warm body press against my leg.

From Literature

Cathcart, who disparages the self-regulatory body Press Complaints Commission for being ineffective, doesn't think that scorn from inside newsrooms will enough to deter the privacy invaders.

From Slate

The Engineers' heroes were Pilgrim McRaven, an ex-G.I. who won the 121-lb. class, and Ed Erikson, who pinned his man in the 165-lb. finals with a half nelson and a body press.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week, when Ike and his teammates wrestled with Penn State, some 3,300 fans elbowed their way into Lehigh's Grace Hall, and not until the champ had pinned his man with a reverse chancery and body press did the town relax.

From Time Magazine Archive

On an oil deal, the U.S. exporters got 8,000,000 mouth organs; for an auto body press, 200,000 canaries; for a movie, one live hippopotamus.

From Time Magazine Archive