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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body press

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

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

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

From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins

Then I felt her body press against me softly and, looking down, I saw that she had fallen asleep, with her head—precious, trusting thing—resting against my shoulder.

From Wings of the Wind by Credo Fitch Harris

They rassle around, and eight minutes later my bum takes first fall with a body press after flattening the miner with a hard knee lift.

From Hoiman and the Solar Circuit by Gordon Dewey

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