Wrestle - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈresl|  American pronunciation of the word wrestle
Brit.  |ˈres(ə)l|  British pronunciation of the word wrestle

noun

- the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat (syn: grapple, grappling, wrestling)
they had a fierce wrestle

verb

- combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force
He wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority
- engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate
I wrestled with this decision for years
- to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling) (syn: squirm, twist, worm, wriggle, writhe)
- engage in a wrestling match
The children wrestled in the garden

Extra examples

They'll be wrestling each other for the championship.

They'll be wrestling with each other for the championship.

The two men wrestled with each other.

Police officers wrestled him to the ground.

Ray continued to wrestle with the wheel.

He wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority

I wrestled with this decision for years

The children wrestled in the garden

They were locked together in deadly wrestle, each with a hand upon the other's throat.

A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: wrestle
he/she/it: wrestles
present participle: wrestling
past tense: wrestled
past participle: wrestled
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