wristlock

[rist-lok]

noun

Wrestling.

1. a hold in which an opponent's wrist is grasped and twisted.

wristlock

/ ˈrɪstˌlɒk /

noun

1. a wrestling hold in which a wrestler seizes his opponent's wrist and exerts pressure against the joints of his hand, arm, or shoulder

Word History and Origins

Origin of wristlock¹

First recorded in 1920–25; wrist + lock ¹

Example Sentences

He threw a wristlock on Ward, who managed to wrench free and drive off before he was cornered by the cops not far away.

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He said he never punched Garza but used a leg sweep to take him to the ground and the wristlock to keep him there — just as he’d been trained to do by the LAPD.

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Video from the scene showed Cardona straddling Garza and applying the wristlock — a move Cardona’s commanding officer, Edward Prokop, said during a later deposition was unreasonable.

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Deputies took the handcuffs off Garza and listened as he described Cardona punching him repeatedly and pinning him to the ground with the wristlock.

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“I was trying to be a man and trying to hold in the pain, but, man, that wristlock hurts,” Garza recalled.

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