Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun half_nelson

1 sense of half nelson

Sense 1
half nelson -- (a wrestling hold in which the holder puts an arm under the opponent's arm and exerts pressure on the back of the neck)
       => nelson -- (any of several wrestling holds in which an arm is passed under the opponent's arm from behind and the hand exerts pressure on the back of the neck)