n. & v.
n. 1 a contest in which two opponents grapple and try to throw each other to the ground esp. as an athletic sport under a code of rules. 2 a hard struggle.
v. 1 intr. (often foll. by with) take part in a wrestle. 2 tr. fight (a person) in a wrestle (wrestled his opponent to the ground). 3 intr. a (foll. by with, against) struggle, contend. b (foll. by with) do one's utmost to deal with (a task, difficulty, etc.). 4 tr. move with efforts as if wrestling. wrestler n. wrestling n.
[ OE (unrecorded) wrstlian: cf. MLG wrostelen, OE wraxlian ]