wrastle

American  

[ras-uhl] / ˈræs əl /

Or rassle,

verb (used with or without object)

wrastled, wrastling

1. wrestle.

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Etymology

Origin of wrastle

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

Example Sentences

Accordingly, when Slike suddenly lowered his head and dodged in under Billy's guard with the evident intention of starting another "snatch and wrastle," Billy was ready, very ready.

From The Rider of Golden Bar by White, William Patterson

Quit bickerin' with me, little one, an' see if you can't wrastle up some ham an' eggs.

From Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates by Grant, Gordon

But in de fall er de year his grapes begun ter straighten out, en his j'ints ter git stiff, en his ha'r drap off, en de rheumatiz begin ter wrastle wid 'im.

From Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue by Various

And ef you can’t wrastle your temper and down it as you did Jud, you’re not a fust-class fighter.”

From David Dunne A Romance of the Middle West by Maniates, Belle Kanaris

His conduct is as hard to swaller as a dose of them old Greek twins, Castor Oil and Politics, we use to wrastle with at school.

From The Statesmen Snowbound by Fitzgerald, Robert