: a hold in which a wrestler encircles an opponent's head with one arm
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He had me in a headlock.
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At trial, State Attorney Robert Eagan gave a dramatic visual in his closing to account for the blood on Zeigler’s shirt by demonstrating how Zeigler supposedly held his father-in-law in a headlock and beat him with a crank.
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Gail Hollenbeck, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2025
Ryan put the 26-year-old Ventura in a headlock and started pummeling him.
1994: Chicago beat out San Antonio to host the 1996 Democratic National Convention.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
The trooper who pulled Kevin from the truck continued to hold him in a headlock, the video showed, as two other officers also struggled to get him on the ground.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 30 July 2025
All with a cast on his leg from a ruptured tendon, Chestnut put a protester in a headlock and dropped him to the ground.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2025
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Gail Hollenbeck, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2025
Ryan put the 26-year-old Ventura in a headlock and started pummeling him.
1994: Chicago beat out San Antonio to host the 1996 Democratic National Convention.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
The trooper who pulled Kevin from the truck continued to hold him in a headlock, the video showed, as two other officers also struggled to get him on the ground.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 30 July 2025
All with a cast on his leg from a ruptured tendon, Chestnut put a protester in a headlock and dropped him to the ground.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for headlock
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“Headlock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headlock. Accessed 25 Aug. 2025.
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