body slamming
Full-contact wrestling move
Body slamming is lifting someone and throwing them forcefully to the ground, a move from professional wrestling that has spread to street fights and viral videos.
The term extends to any overwhelming physical or metaphorical takedown: The defense body slammed the prosecution's case.
As a noun, body slam names the move itself.
- pro wrestlingStaged athletic performance combat
- wrestlingCombat sport requiring holds
- squared circleBoxing or wrestling venue
- takedownForced grounding maneuver
- full nelsonDouble arm lock from behind
impact · mat · thud · suplex · tackle · crushing · powerful · ring · steel cage · opponent · throw · high impact · force · collision · momentum · heavyweight · muscle · smackdown
- roughhousingroughhouse, roughhousing, rough play, rough and tumble, horseplay
- mosh pitsmoshing, mosh pit, mosher, circle pit, crowd surfing
body slammingpinning
Fastening with pointed fasteners
submission hold · pin · chokehold · arm bar · leg lock
body slammingcradling
Holding tenderly, protectively
caressing · soft touch · cuddling · supporting · catching
body, slam, bodies, bodily, bodied, slams, slammed, slamming, slammer