Home › Words › D › deathlockdeathlockdeathlock means A certain wrestling move that traps the opponent's leg.EtymologyFrom death + lock.nounA certain wrestling move that traps the opponent's leg.Synonym of death grip.; A close struggle between two opponents in which each tries to kill the other.e.g.“When close to the whale, in the very deathlock of the fight, he handled his unpitying lance coolly and offhandedly, as a whistling tinker his hammer.” — 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick: Or the Whale:Synonym of death grip.; A struggle to destroy a force or principle to which one is opposed, or between two mutually incompatible principles.e.g.“The struggle of Europe, coming, as well as past, is a final struggle of opposite principles; it is the deathlock between self-government and slavery.” — 1852, The United States Democratic Review - Volume 30, page 411:Synonym of death grip.; Rigor mortis, or a physical grip that is similarly inflexible and unyielding.e.g.“"Don't believe the fellow who tells you to hold your shotgun in a deathlock-tight grip — so that it won't kick you.” — 1936, Field and Stream - Volume 41, page 43:Synonym of death grip.; A similarly tight hold on something nonphysical.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.anklelock 73% match — A hold in professional wrestling, a leglock applied to any of the joints in the ankle. vs deathlock →headlock 72% match — A wrestling move where the attacker puts their arm tightly round their opponent's head, from which the opponent cannot easily escape. vs deathlock →hammerlock 71% match — A hold, in wrestling, in which an opponent's arm is twisted up behind their back. vs deathlock →leglock 67% match — A joint lock directed at the ankle, knee, or hip joint. vs deathlock →keylock 62% match — An armlock where the implementer isolates the opponent's arm and torques the shoulder in order to cause pain or injury. vs deathlock →armlock 61% match — A wrestling move in which the opponent's arm is held immobile. vs deathlock →ddt 60% match — a move where a wrestler puts another wrestler into a standing front face lock and then falls backwards, driving the recipient's head into the floor. vs deathlock →leghold 59% match — A kind of trap that catches an animal by the leg. vs deathlock →