wrastle

or ras·sle, ras·tle

[ ras-uhl ]

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

Origin of wrastle

1
1200–50; Middle English wrastlen, variant of wrestlen to wrestle

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How to use wrastle in a sentence

  • I want to congratulate my opponent on his stout defence, and say 'e's the hardest man I ever met in a wrastling match.

    Ande Trembath | Matthew Stanley Kemp
  • In Lodge's novel, 'a day of wrastling and tournament' is appointed by Torimond, king of France.

  • "Aye, and wrastling, too," affirmed Glaze with a peculiar smile.

    Ande Trembath | Matthew Stanley Kemp
  • Now, I'm getting old for the ring, and am about going to quit wrastling.

    Ande Trembath | Matthew Stanley Kemp
  • I've been eight years sweating and starving and freezing and wrastling round.

    Lone Pine | R. B. (Richard Baxter) Townshend