octopus hold

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: ŏk′tə-pəs hōld′ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɒk.tə.pəs ˈhəʊ̯ld/ (General American) IPA(key): (without the cot–caught merger) /ˌɔk.tə.pəs ˈhoʊ̯ld/, (cot–caught merger) /ˌɑk.tə.pəs ˈhoʊ̯ld/ (Canada) IPA(key): (standard) /ˌɒk.tə.pəs ˈhoʊ̯ld/, (dialectal) /ˌɑk.tə.pəs ˈhoʊ̯ld/ (Australian) IPA(key): /ˌɔk.tə.pəs ˈhəʉ̯ld/, /ˌɔk.tə.pəs ˈhɐʉ̯ld/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˌɒk.tə.pəs ˈhɐʉ̯ld/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˌɔk.tə.pəs ˈhold/, /ˌɔk.tʌ.pʌs ˈhold/ (India) IPA(key): /ˌɔk.ʈo.pus ˈhoːlɖ/ Hyphenation: oc‧to‧pus hold === Noun === octopus hold (countable and uncountable, plural octopus holds) (professional wrestling) A hold in which the wrestler stands behind the opponent and hooks a leg over the opponent's opposite leg. Synonym: octopus stretch ==== Translations ====