lock
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7.4
- noun
- /lɑk/
- Jargon
:
llave
- Sheamus is locking in a chin lock and abdominal stretch, but Punk fights out and gets to the ropes.
- leg lock
- scissor lock
- arm lock
Then he would have to start sparring situations in leg locks and have to work his way out.
- Then he would have to start sparring situations in leg locks and have to work his way out.
- So with Aikido, you learn how to use sort of grappling, wrist locks, arm locks and all that.
- But one day it was it was face to face with me in a lock.
- And then he pushed me and I I hold his arm and I tried to do him arm lock, you know, like arm lock.
- You want to see, you know, Shepherd punch lock, right?
Examples
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I got him in a foot lock.
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Back and Rhodes has an arm lock in on Sin Cara.
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Just be careful with his foot locks, okay?
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I can get you into a figure four leg-lock.
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And then John's like, well, if you learned leg locks, you might, might have some more success.
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Then he would have to start sparring situations in leg locks and have to work his way out.
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Don't suppose you could put me into a figure-four leg lock.
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- He's got a kimura lock!
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We are back, and Slater has a reverse chin lock on Ryder.
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In wrestling, he showed off his skills with a perfect arm lock that left his opponent unable to move.
Synonyms
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5.6
A wrestling hold where a person locks another person's head under their arm
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7.9
A wrestling hold where the legs wrap around another person and squeeze
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7.4
A tight grip around a person's neck that makes it hard to breathe or move
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8.1
A wrestling hold that locks both hands behind the opponent's neck and is banned in amateur wrestling
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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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7.9
A tight arm grip around the neck that stops someone breathing
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6.9
A hold that twists someone's wrist to control them
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4.7
A grip or move used to control an opponent in a match
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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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7.8
A position where someone wraps their legs around an opponent's body or head and presses their feet together to squeeze
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8.3
A wrestling move that grabs a toe and twists the leg to cause pain
A firm hold on someone's arm to stop them from moving or control them
A wrestler wraps their legs around someone's body or head and squeezes them with the feet
A hold that wraps the legs around an opponent's body or head and squeezes with the feet
A leg hold that wraps around an opponent and squeezes by locking the feet together
A wrestling hold where a person's arms cross in front of their neck to press the throat
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
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5.6
A chamber that lets people move between places with different air pressure while preventing air mixing
- Specialized
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7.4
A stop in the fuel moving to a car engine because heat makes gas bubbles
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2.3
A small device attached to a window that keeps it closed and stops people opening it
- Specialized
A device that keeps a door or safe closed until someone lifts the levers to the right heights
- Specialized
A part of a canal with gates that raises or lowers boats by changing the water level
- Specialized
A gate that opens and closes to let boats pass and control water in a canal
- Formal
A right for a friendly investor to buy key assets before others to stop a takeover
- Specialized
A part in a car that stops the engine from starting without the right key
- US
A long piece of hair left on top of a shaved head, worn in some Indigenous North American cultures
How Restrictive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lock in wrestling is named from the idea of 'locking' someone in place, the same idea behind a door lock. So a wrestling 'lock' is a hold that fixes a limb or the head so the other person cannot move.