"headlock" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-us-headlock.ogg [US] Forms: headlocks [plural]
Etymology: head + lock Etymology templates: {{compound|en|head|lock}} head + lock Head templates: {{en-noun}} headlock (plural headlocks)
  1. A wrestling move where the attacker puts their arm tightly round their opponent's head, which the opponent can't easily escape from. Categories (topical): Wrestling Translations (wrestling move): cravate [feminine] (French), Schwitzkasten [masculine] (German), Unterarmwürgegriff [masculine] (German), glas cinn [masculine] (Irish)
    Sense id: en-headlock-en-noun-8Zvmdt6s Disambiguation of Wrestling: 92 8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 87 13

Verb

Audio: En-us-headlock.ogg [US] Forms: headlocks [present, singular, third-person], headlocking [participle, present], headlocked [participle, past], headlocked [past]
Etymology: head + lock Etymology templates: {{compound|en|head|lock}} head + lock Head templates: {{en-verb}} headlock (third-person singular simple present headlocks, present participle headlocking, simple past and past participle headlocked)
  1. (transitive) To restrain in a headlock. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-headlock-en-verb-fh8t5dvI

Inflected forms

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