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Definition of headlock noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

headlock

noun

/ˈhedlɒk/

/ˈhedlɑːk/

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(in wrestling) a way of holding an opponent’s head so that they cannot move
- He had him in a headlock.
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