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to mud-wrestle

to mud-wrestle

2 7.3
To hold and throw someone in mud for fun or sport
  • phrasal verb
  • /mʌdˈrɛsəl/
translation icon : luchar en el barro
  • It was like a bee mud-wrestling match.

He also said that he would mud wrestle me on the Internet for pay-per-view money.

Examples

  • I smiled graciously, trying not to let on that I would accompany her to a mud wrestling show if that's where she wanted to go.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Vance was just teaching us to mud wrestle.

    Big Top Pee-wee (1988)

  • - What have you been doing, mud wrestling?

    The Gate (1987)

  • Stop that mud wrestling now!

    Sisters (2015)

  • You two girls could mud wrestle for it.

    Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007)

  • I even made a joke the other day that his mom and I should try to settle it in one big mud wrestling contest.

    Before Midnight (2013)

  • He also said that he would mud wrestle me on the Internet for pay-per-view money.

    Chris Williamson

  • During the festival, we decided to mud-wrestle for fun and laughter.

  • At the charity event, two teams of volunteers mud-wrestled to raise money.

  • They organized a friendly competition where participants could mud-wrestle in a large pit.

Synonyms

to mudwrestle
vsto mud-wrestle
8.0

To fight each other in mud for people to watch

has identical meaning but is written with a hyphen

Surface Forms

mud-wrestle infinitive
mud-wrestled past
mud-wrestled past participle
mud-wrestling present participle
mud-wrestles third person singular

Morphology

mud-wrestle = mud + wrestle (transparent) = mud + wrestle

Clear compound of 'mud' + 'wrestle'; the meaning is directly 'to wrestle in mud'.

Etymology

The word mud-wrestle breaks into mud ('soft, wet earth') and wrestle ('to fight by holding and trying to throw someone down'). So, mud-wrestle simply means to 'wrestle' in the 'mud', often as a playful or sporting event, which is why we use it for contests at festivals or charity shows.