[res-ling] 
| 1. | a sport in which two opponents struggle hand to hand in order to pin or press each other's shoulders to the mat or ground, with the style, rules, and regulations differing widely in amateur and professional matches. Compare catch-as-catch-can (def. 3), Greco-Roman (def. 3). |
| 2. | the act of a person who wrestles. |
[res-uh
l] verb, -tled, -tling, noun | 1. | to engage in wrestling. |
| 2. | to contend, as in a struggle for mastery; grapple: to wrestle with one's conscience. |
| 3. | to contend with in wrestling. |
| 4. | to force by or as if by wrestling. |
| 5. | to throw (a calf or other animal) for branding. |
| 6. | an act of or a bout at wrestling. |
| 7. | a struggle. |
| wres·tle (rěs'əl) v. wres·tled, wres·tling, wres·tles v. intr.
[Middle English wrestlen, from Old English *wrǣstlian, frequentative of wrǣstan, to twist; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots.] wres'tler n. |
| wres·tling (rěs'lĭng) n. A sport in which two competitors attempt to throw or immobilize each other by grappling. |