"arm-wrestle" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: arm-wrestles [plural]
Etymology: arm + wrestle Etymology templates: {{compound|en|arm|wrestle}} arm + wrestle Head templates: {{en-noun}} arm-wrestle (plural arm-wrestles)
  1. (sports) A bout of arm wrestling. Categories (topical): Sports Synonyms: arm wrestle
    Sense id: en-arm-wrestle-en-noun-64IPHKGg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 10 15 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Verb [English]

Forms: arm-wrestles [present, singular, third-person], arm-wrestling [participle, present], arm-wrestled [participle, past], arm-wrestled [past]
Etymology: arm + wrestle Etymology templates: {{compound|en|arm|wrestle}} arm + wrestle Head templates: {{en-verb}} arm-wrestle (third-person singular simple present arm-wrestles, present participle arm-wrestling, simple past and past participle arm-wrestled)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To compete in an arm-wrestle (with). Tags: intransitive, transitive Synonyms: pull wrists Translations (to compete in an arm-wrestle): lægge arm (Danish), armworstelen (Dutch), vääntää kättä (Finnish), botar un pulso (Galician), pulsear (Galician), armdrücken (German), szkanderezik (Hungarian), fare a braccio di ferro (Italian), アームレスリングする (āmu resuringu suru) (Japanese), mamau ringa (Maori), siłować się (Polish), siłować na rękę (Polish), siłować się na rękę (Polish), disputar queda de braço (Portuguese), pulsear (Spanish), echar un pulso (Spanish), echar un fuerzitas (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-arm-wrestle-en-verb-FQXy-eeu Disambiguation of 'to compete in an arm-wrestle': 94 6
  2. (transitive, intransitive, by extension) To struggle (with) for dominance. Tags: broadly, intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-arm-wrestle-en-verb-zLCjb2j-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: arm-wrestler, arm-wrestling

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