hammerlock
or ham·mer lock
a hold in which one arm of an opponent is twisted and forced upward behind his back.
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How to use hammerlock in a sentence
Pandit caught the fanatic's wiry arm and brought it behind his scrawny back in a hammerlock.
Think Yourself to Death | C.H. ThamesThe business with hammerlock Smith had taken more time than I had thought it would.
Nor Iron Bars a Cage.... | Gordon Randall GarrettThe odd thing was that the psychopathic twist which got hammerlock Smith into trouble had been able to get him out of it again.
Nor Iron Bars a Cage.... | Gordon Randall GarrettIt was the hammerlock and he soon had the hunchback begging for mercy.
Mason of Bar X Ranch | Henry BennettThus through no great skill of my own the fortunes of war had given me a hammerlock on him.
Gold | Stewart White
British Dictionary definitions for hammerlock
/ (ˈhæməˌlɒk) /
a wrestling hold in which a wrestler twists his opponent's arm upwards behind his back
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