Definition of Outwrestle

1. Verb. (transitive) To defeat or surpass in wrestling. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Outwrestle

1. [v -TLED, -TLING, -TLES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Outwrestle

outwork
outworked
outworker
outworkers
outworking
outworkings
outworks
outworld
outworn
outworth
outworthed
outworthing
outworths
outwound
outwrest
outwrestle (current term)
outwrestled
outwrestles
outwrestling
outwrests
outwrit
outwrite
outwrites
outwriting
outwritten
outwrote
outwrought
outy
outyell
outyelled

Literary usage of Outwrestle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Popular Science Monthly (1874)
"... it has neither hands nor talons, yet it can outwrestle the athlete, and crush the tiger in its embrace." Serpents, in their mode of locomotion, ..."

2. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1906)
"... outwrestle his boyish companions, that he could chop faster, split more rails in a day, carry a heavier log at a " raising," or excel the neighborhood ..."

3. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1874)
"... it has 'either hands nor talons, yet it can outwrestle the athlete, and crush *•"« tiger in its embrace." Serpents, in their mode of locomotion, ..."

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