Associations to the word «Headlock»

Wiktionary

HEADLOCK, noun. A wrestling move where the attacker puts their arm tightly round their opponent's head, which the opponent can't easily escape from.

Dictionary definition

HEADLOCK, noun. A wrestling hold in which the opponent's head is locked between the crook of your elbow and the side of your body.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne