Definitions for half-nelson

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Half-Nelson is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 389 anagrams from letters in half-nelson (-aefhllnnos).

Definitions for half-nelson

noun

1. a hold in which a wrestler, from behind the opponent, passes one arm under the corresponding arm of the opponent and locks the hand on the back of the opponent's neck.

Origin of half-nelson

First recorded in 1885-90

Examples for half-nelson

Then she got a half-nelson on Poe's "Raven" and put it out of business.

And now Kennell, with his snakelike glide, closed in again, and Ned seized him without warning in a half-nelson.

I remember I succeeded in getting on him what in my college days I learned was called a half-nelson.

Twice Watson essayed the offensive; first he got a hammer lock, and then a half-nelson.

I had to get a half-nelson on you to pull you into the flat that night.

He would let her behold the grandeur of his mind, the half-nelson he had on the infinite, and the memory he had for statistics.

When George good-naturedly took him at his word, Joe clinched with him and managed to get a half-nelson hold on him.

All this legislation enables you to get the half-nelson on your employer.