wrestling
/'reslÇŋ/
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American sound/'reslÇŋ/
wrestling
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wres - tling -> wrestling
Myanmar meaning
(n) [U] နပန်းပွဲ။
Full entry
နပန်းလုံးသည်။ Can you wrestle? ❍ Armed guards wrestled with the intruders. ❍ He wrestled his opponent to the floor/ground.
n (usu sing )
၁။ နပန်းလုံးခြင်း။
၂။ ~ (with sth) [ဥ] နပန်းလုံးခြင်း။ a wrestle with one's conscience.
❏ wrestler /'reslǝ(r)/ n နပန်းသမား။
❏ wrestle with sth [PHRV ] [ဥ] နပန်းလုံးသည်။ wrestle with a problem/ one's conscience ❍ The pilot was wrestling with the controls.
❏ wrestling /'reslÇŋ/ n [U] နပန်းပွဲ။ watch (the) wrestling on television.
More examples
- ‘We both started laughing and getting into this huge pillow fight when all of a sudden we started wrestling on the ground!’
- ‘Then we had a snowball fight, wrestled around on the ground, and carried on with play fights for a short while until we were all quite exhausted.’
- ‘Neither Kyal nor Cade took any notice as they rolled on the ground, wrestling for control.’
- ‘However, John Thornton suddenly rushes in to save the day, throwing Hal down to the ground, wrestling with him.’
- ‘Their children were the kids I wrestled with and fought with and played Star Wars with.’
- ‘When they play-fought, wrestling on the ground or standing on their hindlegs and pushing against each other, he felt a savage affection for them.’
- ‘They fall to the ground and begin to wrestle around.’
- ‘The pair of boys fell to the ground, wrestling drunkenly, trying to get the better of the other.’
- ‘The two of them were wrestling on the ground now, and Mega Man managed to pin his brother's wrists to the ground.’
- ‘They fell forward onto the ground, locked together as they wrestled with one another in order to separate themselves into two people.’
- ‘Opponents wrestle until one is thrown to the ground.’
- ‘For some sports such as wrestling, no eye protection is available.’
- ‘Witnesses said that despite his age, Bocus wrestled with the gunman, who forced him to the ground and fired a shot through his mouth.’
- ‘All night the two wrestle, but neither can defeat the other.’
- ‘When I caught up, the pair of them were wrestling on the ground for what looked like, believe it or not, a cookie.’
- ‘Jumping, running, swimming, wrestling, and other sports activities are recreation for boys and young adults.’
- ‘Freya laughed, and shook her head, watching the 3 of them wrestle on the ground.’
- ‘The change, in which both hero and beast are prone and wrestling on the ground, gives a strikingly different appearance from the standing or kneeling schemes.’
- ‘Children with enlarged spleens should avoid contact sports (even wrestling with friends or siblings at home).’
- ‘The two battlers rolled about, wrestling on the floor of the hallway.’
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