figure four
figure four · figure fours
A grappling position where a fighter grabs an opponent's limb and then holds on to…A grappling position where a fighter grabs an opponent's limb and then holds on to their own wrist with the other hand; used in various joint locks.
» Ziri saw a figure about four feet tall in the trees.
Meaning
1 sensesA grappling position where a fighter grabs an opponent's limb and then holds on to their own wrist with the other hand; used in various joint locks.
Examples
2 sentencesZiri saw a figure about four feet tall in the trees.
A quadrilateral is a geometric figure with four sides and four angles.
Origin
From figure + four (“from creating a figure that is akin to the glyph "4"”).From figure + four (“from creating a figure that is akin to the glyph "4"”).
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Forms
plural: figure fours| Singular | figure four |
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