mud-wrestling

American  

[muhd-res-ling] / ˈmʌdˌrɛs lɪŋ /

noun

1. wrestling in an enclosure with a floor or base of wet mud, staged as a public display and competitive event.

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Example Sentences

“We kinda made it a mud-wrestling match, and that was to our favor,” WSU coach Kyle Smith said.

From Seattle Times

But that forum has become the diplomatic version of a mud-wrestling fight between the Western democracies among the five veto-wielding powers — the U.S.,

From Seattle Times

Ahsoka and Sabine may grapple with their place in the universe, but every interaction Hera has with supervisors or politicians is a mud-wrestling match of diminishment to which nearly every woman who has a boss or is a boss can relate.

From Salon

She sent San Diego’s Cody Menk packing after his shirtless cowboy mud-wrestling match with fellow San Diegoan Aaron Clancy revealed some secret hometown beef that was hinted at last week.

From Seattle Times

We saw Biden constantly pivoting back to the coronavirus and health care, trying with limited success to avoid the mud-wrestling.

From Fox News