wrestling match
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2.8
- noun
- /ˈrɛsəlɪŋ mæʧ/
:
lucha
- After weeks of training, she felt ready to compete in her first wrestling match.
They missed to come in here and have a wrestling match.
- They missed to come in here and have a wrestling match.
- And he goes, they say they are the champion wrestlers of the village and they challenge Dauda to wrestling match.
Examples
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Go back to your wrestling match.
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We got a wrestling match going on.
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We'll have a A wrestling match outside later.
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And it was like a wrestling match is what it was.
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All I saw was a wrestling match.
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I got a wrestling match tonight.
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Welcome to the world championship wrestling match of all time.
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A couple of weeks later, Ed called and asked her to one of his wrestling matches.
Fiction book (1999) -
It's the day before Olin High's first wrestling match.
Fiction book (2000) -
There were lots of photos of wrestling matches, swim meets, and tennis tournaments.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
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1.4
A game in which two teams or players compete
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4.1
A short fight or contest, often in boxing
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2.7
A contest where athletes compete in sports such as running or jumping
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2.5
A competition where people or teams compete in sports
How Competitive
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound simply combines 'wrestling' (a sport of grappling) with 'match' (a contest), so the meaning 'a contest of wrestling' is directly derivable from the constituents. This noun+noun composition is a common and transparent pattern cross-linguistically and would be clear to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Wrestling match paints a clear picture: wrestling means two people grabbing and trying to throw or hold each other, and a match is a contest between opponents. So a wrestling match is a sporting 'contest' where two people try to win by holds and throws.