armlock
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- noun
- /ˈɑrmˌlɑk/
- Specialized
:
llave de brazo
- There being no subway grate to provide a handy updraft, Desiree dropped the armlock, dropped the headlock, and before Zo could react, yanked up her dress.
Examples
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A hairy arm swung briefly across his vision to put an armlock on his throat.
Fiction book (1991) -
After struggling for a moment, she managed to escape the armlock and counter with her own hold.
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Don't be teaching her that funky armlock and curse words.
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Layla fights to her feet, but Eve drags her back down with an armlock.
Blog text (1) -
Stepping into the doorway, holding Struge in a painful armlock:
Fiction book (1992) -
Off balance, he staggered and would have gone down but for Idalian's hand snatching his wrist, spinning him into an armlock.
Fiction book (1992) -
He tottered over to where Traz held the hooded figure in an armlock while Anacho removed his wallet and dagger.
Fiction book (1993) -
In the championship match, the wrestler expertly applied an armlock that secured his opponent's arm behind his back.
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During training, the instructor demonstrated how to effectively use an armlock to control a larger opponent's movements.
Synonyms
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7.4
A way of holding an opponent by twisting or pressing a body part
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8.1
A wrestling hold that twists an opponent's arm behind their back to cause pain
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6.9
A hold that twists someone's wrist to control them
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9.3
A fight hold that locks an opponent's arm by twisting it behind their back
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4.7
A grip or move used to control an opponent in a match
A firm hold on someone's arm to stop them from moving or control them
To put a hold on an opponent's arm that locks and bends it at the elbow
Compounds
How Controlling
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Morphology
Etymology
Armlock comes from two simple parts: arm 'the part of your body between shoulder and hand' and lock 'to fasten or make fixed'. It pictures putting a 'lock' on someone's arm to keep it still, which is why an armlock is a hold that stops the arm from moving.