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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of wristlock1

First recorded in 1920–25; wrist + lock 1
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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.

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.

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.

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

“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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