"no-sell" meaning in All languages combined

See no-sell on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: no-sells [present, singular, third-person], no-selling [participle, present], no-sold [participle, past], no-sold [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|no-sells|no-selling|no-sold}} no-sell (third-person singular simple present no-sells, present participle no-selling, simple past and past participle no-sold)
  1. (transitive, combat sports) To act as if an attack from an opponent had no effect. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Sports
    Sense id: en-no-sell-en-verb-Qp9Z5sJQ
  2. (transitive) To shrug off; to withstand without significant reaction or injury. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-no-sell-en-verb-3FzY-0aQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95

Inflected forms

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