HEADLOCK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does headlock mean? 

• HEADLOCK (noun)
  The noun HEADLOCK has 1 sense:

1. a wrestling hold in which the opponent's head is locked between the crook of your elbow and the side of your body

  Familiarity information: HEADLOCK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEADLOCK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A wrestling hold in which the opponent's head is locked between the crook of your elbow and the side of your body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("headlock" is a kind of...):

lock (any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured)