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wrestle

English

  1. 🔊 the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat
    “they had a fierce wrestle”
  2. 🔊 engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate
    “I wrestled with this decision for years”
  3. 🔊 combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force
    “He wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority”
  4. 🔊 engage in a wrestling match
    “The children wrestled in the garden”
  5. 🔊 to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
    “The prisoner writhed in discomfort”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 luchar to wrestle

Similar words

wrestling grapple grappling hand-to-hand struggle writhe wriggle worm squirm twist agonize battle box brawl broil buffet clash close collide combat come to blows contend contest cut and thrust duel