headlock

noun

head·lock ˈhed-ˌläk

: a hold in which a wrestler encircles an opponent's head with one arm

Examples of headlock in a Sentence

He had me in a headlock.

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Penny was arrested in May 2023, nearly two weeks after he was questioned and released following a deadly encounter with Neely, who was high on drugs and threatening to kill people on a Manhattan F train when the 26-year-old architecture student grabbed him in a headlock from behind. —

Stepheny Price, Fox News, 25 Dec. 2024 Anon: Federer, Nadal, and Djokovic put the grand slams in a headlock for 15 years. —

Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024 The Times reports that, with party guests watching, Russell put Nolan in a headlock and wrapped his arm around his fellow director’s neck. —

Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 23 Dec. 2024 The state’s current Republican power players, led by Governor Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton, have Texas politics in a headlock. —

Chris Vognar, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for headlock