单词 | arm-wrestling |
释义 | arm-wrestlingn. The action or sport of wrestling only with the arms and hands; spec. a trial of strength in which two people sit opposite each other at a table with one elbow on the tabletop, clasp each other's hands, and try to force each other's arm down on to the table. Cf. wrist-wrestling n. at wrist n. Compounds 4. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > wrestling > [noun] > types of wrestling catch as catch cana1393 in-play1713 Cumberland and Westmorland (style, etc.)1823 Cornish wrestling1824 arm-wrestling1846 professional wrestling1884 sumo1893 all in1934 mud-wrestling1936 lucha libre1943 wrist-wrestling1973 1846 Hilpert's Englisch-Deutsches u. Deutsch-Englisches Wörterbuch II. 263/1 To practise one's self in grappling, in arm-wrestling. 1906 H. B. Hulbert Passing of Korea xix. 279 This is a purely Korean development of this game. They are very fond of trying feats of strength in what they call ‘arm wrestling’. 1942 N.Y. Times 3 May 38 (caption) Arm wrestling: Two sailors attract a crowd as they engage in the game, the object of which is to force an opponent out of a white circle marked on deck. 1973 N.Y. Times 29 July x. 4/5 Wrist wrestling, also known as arm wrestling, has its real roots in Petaluma, Calif. 2008 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 3 Aug. (Sports section) 10/4 Brown came to arm wrestling as a teenager. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1846 |
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