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Definition of Hammerlock
1. Noun. A wrestling hold in which the opponent's arm is twisted up behind his back.
Definition of Hammerlock
1. Noun. A hold, in wrestling, in which an opponent's arm is twisted up behind his back; an armlock ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hammerlock
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hammerlock
Literary usage of Hammerlock
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1899)
"This pressure was gradually forcing Ware forward on the back of his head; but he
knew the proper break for the hammerlock, and simply threw himself face ..."
2. Gold by Stewart Edward White, Eugene Francis Saxton (1913)
"CHAPTER H THE hammerlock We had many sorts of men in our club, but nearly all young.
One, in especial, early attracted my attention, and held it through all ..."
3. Theodore Roosevelt and His Time Shown in His Own Letters by Joseph Bucklin Bishop (1920)
"It is just like two wrestlers, when one of them has the hammerlock on the other;
the latter need not give way if he does not choose to, but if he does not ..."
4. Ballistic Missile Defense Programs: Congressional Hearings edited by Strom Thurmond (2000)
"I know about how it was negotiated, and it was never intended to put the hammerlock
that it has on these developments. End speech. On Iraq, Mr. Hamre, ..."
5. America's Aims and Asia's Aspirations by Patrick Gallagher (1920)
"There is great significance in the efforts by young Chinese trained in the United
States to break the hammerlock in Paris, inasmuch as if they succeed they ..."
6. America's Aims and Asia's Aspirations by Patrick Gallagher (1920)
"There is great significance in the efforts by young Chinese trained in the United
States to break the hammerlock in Paris, inasmuch as if they succeed they ..."
7. An Alphabet of Historyby Wilbur Dick Nesbit by Wilbur Dick Nesbit (1905)
"... lands laid to waste, And he clamored for further diversions; And our history
speaks of his grip on the Greeks And his hammerlock hold on the Persians. ..."
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