"Indian wrestle" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: Indian wrestles [present, singular, third-person], Indian wrestling [participle, present], Indian wrestled [participle, past], Indian wrestled [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} Indian wrestle (third-person singular simple present Indian wrestles, present participle Indian wrestling, simple past and past participle Indian wrestled)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To stand with the lateral side of one's (usually right) foot touching the lateral side of his opponent's (right) foot and with his (right) hand clasping his opponent's, and to attempt to force his opponent to lose balance to the extent the latter's (right) foot moves even as his opponent does the same to him. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-Indian_wrestle-en-verb-2uqHUVtQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 13 27 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 57 10 20 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 73 7 12 8
  2. (transitive, intransitive, figurative) To engage in a struggle to put an opposing side at a disadvantage. Tags: figuratively, intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-Indian_wrestle-en-verb-nZTECvWi
  3. (transitive, intransitive) From a lying-down position, to attempt to cause an opponent who is lying in the opposite direction to roll over backward by using locked knees. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-Indian_wrestle-en-verb-DQlecIWc
  4. (transitive, intransitive) To arm-wrestle. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-Indian_wrestle-en-verb-~G3njisx

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1913 October, Jack London, chapter VIII, in The Valley of the Moon, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC, book III, page 399:",
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        "To stand with the lateral side of one's (usually right) foot touching the lateral side of his opponent's (right) foot and with his (right) hand clasping his opponent's, and to attempt to force his opponent to lose balance to the extent the latter's (right) foot moves even as his opponent does the same to him."
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        "(transitive, intransitive) To stand with the lateral side of one's (usually right) foot touching the lateral side of his opponent's (right) foot and with his (right) hand clasping his opponent's, and to attempt to force his opponent to lose balance to the extent the latter's (right) foot moves even as his opponent does the same to him."
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          "text": "Indian Wrestle. Two boys lie down alongside of each other, with the feet pointing in opposite directions. They lock the near elbows firmly. Each then raises the near leg three times, one or both counting (Fig. 9). / On the third count they interlock the legs near the knee and try by main strength to turn each other over backward.",
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          "ref": "1922, William Ralph La Porte, A Handbook of Games and Programs for Church, School, and Home, page 114:",
          "text": "Indian Wrestle: Opponents on backs, right shoulders together, legs in opposite direction, right arms locked, raise legs; on signal, hook feet together and roll opponent over on face.",
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