: 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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Put me in a headlock cutting off air.
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Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2026
The case came under new scrutiny earlier in March after a video of the altercation — showing her yelling, putting Mortensen in a headlock and throwing chairs at him while a child could be heard crying — was published by TMZ.
—Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 31 Mar. 2026
The footage showed Paul putting Mortensen in a headlock and throwing metal barstools while the couple fought.
—Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
That decision was made Thursday, hours after TMZ published a video from early 2023, in which Paul could be seen putting her on-off boyfriend Dakota Mortensen in a headlock before hurling metal barstools at him.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 25 Mar. 2026
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Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2026
The case came under new scrutiny earlier in March after a video of the altercation — showing her yelling, putting Mortensen in a headlock and throwing chairs at him while a child could be heard crying — was published by TMZ.
—Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 31 Mar. 2026
The footage showed Paul putting Mortensen in a headlock and throwing metal barstools while the couple fought.
—Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
That decision was made Thursday, hours after TMZ published a video from early 2023, in which Paul could be seen putting her on-off boyfriend Dakota Mortensen in a headlock before hurling metal barstools at him.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 25 Mar. 2026
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“Headlock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headlock. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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