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wrastle

or ras·sle, ras·tle

[ ras-uhl ]

/ ˈræs əl /

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verb (used with or without object), noun wras·tled, wras·tling,

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Origin of wrastle

1200–50; Middle English wrastlen, variant of wrestlen to wrestle

Words nearby wrastle

wrapping paper, wrapround, wrapt, wrap-up, wrasse, wrastle, wrath, wrathful, wrathy, wreak, wreak havoc

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Example sentences from the Web for wrastle

Either leave it mighty pronto, or wrastle with it till you're a man at the game.
The Boy With the U. S. Foresters|Francis Rolt-Wheeler
At dat place she come up to me an' says, 'Samson, I'll wrastle you!'
The Entailed Hat|George Alfred Townsend
His sone Wrastle dyed a yonge man unmaried; his sone Love lived till this year 1650.
Bradford's History of 'Plimoth Plantation'|William Bradford
"I'd have to wrastle that out with the coroner afterward, I expect," replied Dingwell casually.
The Sheriff's Son|William MacLeod Raine

You see, I like to 'wrastle' with things and fight off the worst.
A Little Girl in Old Salem|Amanda Minnie Douglas

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