arm wrestling
noun
: a form of wrestling in which two opponents sit face to face gripping usually their right hands, set corresponding elbows firmly on a surface (such as a tabletop), and attempt to force each other's arm down
called also Indian wrestling
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Twenty minutes of arm wrestling for supremacy, and then the rest is the rest.
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Carl Anka, New York Times, 16 May 2025
Prime Video’s full-length trailer for Reacher season 3, released Wednesday, showcases Alan Ritchson’s buff titular character in peak action-hero form—arm wrestling, smashing heads through glass, sprinting through dark woods, fleeing an exploding boat, and pulling off even more jaw-dropping moves.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 8 Jan. 2025
With competitions for male and females, most participants on Friday were beginnings and eager to learn the sport of arm wrestling endorsed by the World Arm Wrestling Federation and the North American Arm Wrestling Federation in Mexico.
—Staff Report, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2024
But if that’s at all true, then why, when the tornado won this arm wrestling contest and sucked the door off, did everyone else in the shelter not get sucked out?
—Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 18 July 2024
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Carl Anka, New York Times, 16 May 2025
Prime Video’s full-length trailer for Reacher season 3, released Wednesday, showcases Alan Ritchson’s buff titular character in peak action-hero form—arm wrestling, smashing heads through glass, sprinting through dark woods, fleeing an exploding boat, and pulling off even more jaw-dropping moves.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 8 Jan. 2025
With competitions for male and females, most participants on Friday were beginnings and eager to learn the sport of arm wrestling endorsed by the World Arm Wrestling Federation and the North American Arm Wrestling Federation in Mexico.
—Staff Report, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2024
But if that’s at all true, then why, when the tornado won this arm wrestling contest and sucked the door off, did everyone else in the shelter not get sucked out?
—Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 18 July 2024
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“Arm wrestling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arm%20wrestling. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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