choke hold
Wrestler's neck squeeze
A choke hold is a restraining grip around someone's neck, typically from behind, used to subdue or incapacitate.
In wrestling and martial arts, choke holds are controlled techniques.
When used by police, choke holds have drawn scrutiny for causing deaths: The officer put him in a choke hold.
Figuratively, a choke hold is any strangling control: The company has a choke hold on the market.
- rasslingDialectal wrestling term
- catch-as-catch-canUnsystematic, opportunistic approach
- strangleholdOppressive, unbreakable control
- armbarElbow hyperextension hold
- clinchSettle beyond doubt
suffocate · grappling · ground game · dominant position · Brazilian jiu-jitsu · carotid · freestyle wrestling · clutches · grasp · MMA · clasp · throat · guillotine · neck · control · struggle · squeeze · half nelson
- fighting movespunch, uppercut, kick, jab, elbow strike
- foulslow blow, headbutt, eye gouge, biting, rabbit punch
- compressioncompress, compression, compressor, compressing, compact
- policingpatrol, police powers, arrests, police officer, arrest
- self-defenseself-defense, martial arts, self-protection, karate, pepper spray
- judojudogi, judoka, tatami, dojo, sensei
choke holdrelease
To let go
freedom · liberation · letting go · unrestricted · unrestrained
choke holdsurrender
Cease resistance, yield
submission · yielding · capitulation · tap out · giving in