Get to know Headlock better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like lock.
Headlock meaning
A wrestling move where the attacker puts their arm tightly round their opponent's head, which the opponent can't easily escape from.
Synonyms of Headlock
Using Headlock
- The main meaning on this page is: A wrestling move where the attacker puts their arm tightly round their opponent's head, which the opponent can't easily escape from.
- Useful related words include: lock.
- In the example corpus, headlock often appears in combinations such as: in headlock, side headlock, headlock and.
Context around Headlock
- Average sentence length in these examples: 17.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 7 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Headlock
- In this selection, "headlock" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 17.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, side, own, front, nox, wrenching and duke stand out and add context to how "headlock" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a side headlock and grabs a headlock to start. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "headlock" sits close to words such as adil, agra and amicably, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with headlock
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Punk with the headlock. (4 words)
Double underhook, Jimmy escpaes, right hand, Side headlock takedown. (9 words)
He tagged in White, who applied a grounded side headlock. (10 words)
Ghassemzadehnaghedhi doesn’t think it was necessary to involve the loss prevention officer, who escalated the situation by putting his hands around Ghassemzadehnaghedhi’s neck and putting him in a headlock. (31 words)
A third victim was also subjected to attacks by Beck when she was punched and kicked and put in a headlock and forced to the ground. (26 words)
Austin kicks him in the leg and grabs a side headlock, wrenching it in. Shot off, drop down, leapfrog, off the ropes, Sling Blade connects! (25 words)
Austin kicks him in the leg and grabs a side headlock, wrenching it in. Shot off, drop down, leapfrog, off the ropes, Sling Blade connects! (25 words)
Example sentences (20)
Lynch with a waistlock into a headlock, Nox takes her down and locks in her own headlock.
Ali with a wristlock early, Axiom reverses, Mustafa clocks him with a forearm and grabs a side headlock.
Andrade grabs a headlock to start and King actually can’t power out.
A third victim was also subjected to attacks by Beck when she was punched and kicked and put in a headlock and forced to the ground.
Austin kicks him in the leg and grabs a side headlock, wrenching it in. Shot off, drop down, leapfrog, off the ropes, Sling Blade connects!
Briggs escaped a side slam and put Sanga in a headlock.
Circle and Frazer with a headlock, Duke shots him into the ropes and runs him over.
Dos Santos sprawls from a double leg, he then lands a knee from a front headlock position.
Double underhook, Jimmy escpaes, right hand, Side headlock takedown.
Ghassemzadehnaghedhi doesn’t think it was necessary to involve the loss prevention officer, who escalated the situation by putting his hands around Ghassemzadehnaghedhi’s neck and putting him in a headlock.
He tagged in White, who applied a grounded side headlock.
Lince with a headlock but gets sent into the corner, he goes up and dover and hits a crossbody and dropkick.
Lockup and Mensah gets a side headlock that he takes to the mat.
Neely is held in a headlock by the 24-year-old bystander.
Punk with the headlock.
Rhodes grabs a headlock to start and hammers away before going up, only to have Hobbs load up a gorilla press.
She is dropped with a toe hold, but Zoey holds onto a side headlock.
Side headlock takeover from Waller, then they hit the ropes again and Rey with a headscissors to send Waller to the mat.
Stacks has Jensen in a headlock as we come back, and Kiana and Fallon are out at ringside now.
Stratus had Niagara Falls Mayor Jim Diodati in a headlock Monday morning and upon submission, Diodati handed the city’s key to her.
Common combinations with headlock
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in headlock 30×
- side headlock 17×
- headlock and 12×
- headlock but 6×
- headlock to 5×
- with headlock 5×
- the headlock 5×
- headlock on 5×
- into headlock 4×
- headlock takeover 4×