: a hold in which a wrestler encircles an opponent's head with one arm
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He had me in a headlock.
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The woman accused Davis of punching her in the head and placing her in a headlock during an argument in 2015, and assaulting her again in 2016.
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Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2025
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
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Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2025
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
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“Headlock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headlock. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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