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.
Derivatives:
wrestler n. wrestling n.
Etymology: OE (unrecorded) wr{aelig}stlian: cf. MLG wrostelen, OE wraxlian