: a hold in which a wrestler encircles an opponent's head with one arm
Examples of headlock in a Sentence
He had me in a headlock.
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The case garnered new attention in March when TMZ published a video of the altercation, which showed Paul yelling, putting Mortensen in a headlock and throwing chairs at him while a child could be heard crying.
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Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
The play was widely denounced after Greig bloodied a defenseless Walker with an uppercut to the face while Walker was held in a headlock by another Senators player.
—James Mirtle, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
In the poster, Gadd’s Ruben has Jamie Bell‘s Niall in a headlock.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026
Deputies responded to the home on the 37000 block of Oxford Drive in response to a domestic violence call from a woman who said her husband had assaulted her — including putting her in a headlock and punching her, according to a county case summary.
—City News Service, Daily News, 14 Apr. 2026
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Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
The play was widely denounced after Greig bloodied a defenseless Walker with an uppercut to the face while Walker was held in a headlock by another Senators player.
—James Mirtle, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
In the poster, Gadd’s Ruben has Jamie Bell‘s Niall in a headlock.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026
Deputies responded to the home on the 37000 block of Oxford Drive in response to a domestic violence call from a woman who said her husband had assaulted her — including putting her in a headlock and punching her, according to a county case summary.
—City News Service, Daily News, 14 Apr. 2026
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“Headlock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headlock. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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