cross-buttock

noun

a wrestling throw in which the hips are used as a fulcrum to throw an opponent

Nearby words

cross-bedded, cross-bench, cross-border, cross-breed, cross-breeding, cross-buttock, cross-check, cross-compound, cross-correlation, cross-country, cross-country skiing

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Examples from the Web for cross-buttock

This he soon did, catching Frank for the cross-buttock throw.
Frank Merriwell's Chums|Burt L. Standish
He'd given the little waistrel the cross-buttock, and felled him on his head.
The Shadow of a Crime|Hall Caine
Often and often do his bony fingers almost clutch our throat, or his foot is put out to give us a cross-buttock.
Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2)|John Wilson
This was done quickly and scientifically, and it convinced Hodge that Bascomb could not work the cross-buttock on Merriwell.
Frank Merriwell's Chums|Burt L. Standish

He also gave him some hints in wrestling, and taught him the throw called the cross-buttock.
Dr. Jolliffe's Boys|Lewis Hough