"wrastle" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈɹæsl̩/ Forms: wrastles [present, singular, third-person], wrastling [participle, present], wrastled [participle, past], wrastled [past]
Rhymes: -æsəl Etymology: From Middle English wrastlen. See wrestle. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wrastlen}} Middle English wrastlen Head templates: {{en-verb}} wrastle (third-person singular simple present wrastles, present participle wrastling, simple past and past participle wrastled)
  1. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete or British, dialectal or US, informal) To wrestle (someone or something). Tags: British, US, dialectal, informal, intransitive, obsolete, transitive

Inflected forms

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