wrestle

Meanings

Noun

• A wrestling bout.
• A struggle.

Verb

• To contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw, immobilize or otherwise defeat him, depending on the specific rules of the contest
• To struggle or strive
• To take part in a wrestling match with someone
• To move or lift something with difficulty
• To throw a calf etc in order to brand it
• To fight.

Origin

• From Middle English wrestlen, wrastlen (also as wraxlen), from Old English wræstlian, wraxlian; corresponding to wrest + -le. Cognate with Saterland Frisian wrosselje, West Frisian wrakselje, Middle Dutch wrastelen, Middle Low German wrostelen.