Reverse Dictionary: WRESTLE

ADJECTIVES
1374 ► PALAESTRAL → PALESTRAL pert. to wrestling or athletics; athletic
1579 ► PALAESTRICAL → PALESTRICAL pert. to wrestling or athletics; athletic → obs.
1774 ► PALAESTRIC → PALESTRIC pert. to wrestling or athletics; athletic
1828 ► PALAESTRIAN → PALESTRIAN pert. to wrestling or athletics; athletic

NOUNS
1412 ► PALAESTRA → PALESTRA a place devoted to the public teaching and practice of wrestling and other athletic exercises; a wrestling-school, gymnasium
1888 ► RINGCRAFT skill in boxing or wrestling
1898 ► THRUT a throw or fall in wrestling → Eng. dial.
20C.. ► FLYING MARE a wrestling throw in which a wrestler seizes his opponent’s arm or head and turns to throw him over his shoulder
1900 ► FAIR-FA’ a wrestling match → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 ► BRASTLE a push; an encounter; a wrestle → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 ► BREEK-BANDIT a wrestling match → Sc. (Bk.)
1972 ► GUZZLER a strangle-hold, esp. in wrestling → Amer. sl.
1999 ► THE LIFE the business and lifestyle of professional wrestling → US sl.

NOUNS, PERSON
..700 ► KEMP a big, strong, and brave warrior or athlete; a professional fighter, wrestler, etc.; a champion
1594 ► PÆDOTRIBE in ancient Greece: one who taught wrestling and other exercises; a gymnastic master
1599 ► PALAESTRIAN → PALESTRIAN one who practiced wrestling in the palaestra
1900 ► FAGGOT in wrestling: a man who bargains not to win → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► BLACKLEG in wrestling, one who makes no real attempt to throw his opponent, generally with the object of winning bets made through an accomplice → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1911 ► FLYWEIGHT a wrestler weighing not more than 115 pounds (52 kg)
1920 ► PALOOKA a boxer, occasionally a wrestler, usually one who is both large and stupid → sl.
1936 ► GRUNTER a professional wrestler → Amer. journalists’ usage
1958 ► BABYFACE in professional wrestling: the wrestler designed by the promoters to be the audience favourite in a match → US sl.
1980 ► BABY in professional wrestling: a wrestler or other participant designed to be an audience favourite → US sl.
1980 ► CARPENTER a skilful wrestler → Amer. sl.
1990 ► FACE in professional wrestling: a wrestler who is designed by the promoters to be seen by the audience as a hero → US sl.
1995 ► NAME a popular, high-profile professional wrestler → US sl.
1996 ► FREAK a wrestler whose huge size is obviously the result of the use of anabolic steroids → US sl.
1999 ► GIBRONI a professional wrestler who is regularly assigned to lose → US sl. 
1999 ► SALESMAN a professional wrestler who does a good job of feigning pain, anger, or fear → US sl.

VERBS
1774 ► THRIMBLE to crowd, to throng, to press; to wrestle → Sc.
1791 ► REEL to contend; to wrestle → Sc. obs.
1804 ► TAVE to struggle; to tumble or wrestle in sport → Sc.
1862 ► FAGGOT in wrestling: to ‘sell one’s back’, to bargain not to win → Eng. dial.
1900 ► FAIR-FA’ to wrestle → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 ► BREEK-BAND to lay hold of the band of the breeches; to wrestle → Sc. (Bk.)
1913 ► DUST ONE’S BACK to wrestle, to throw a man → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1959 ► DIRT ONE’S BACK to throw one on one’s back in wrestling; to defeat one → Amer. dial.
1992 ► GUSH in professional wrestling: to bleed → US sl.