Usually means: Wrestling hold pinning both arms.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word nelson:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. Nelson, nelson: Merriam-Webster
  2. Nelson, nelson: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. nelson: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. nelson: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Nelson, nelson: Vocabulary.com
  6. Nelson, nelson: Wordnik
  7. Nelson, nelson: Wiktionary
  8. Nelson: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. nelson: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. nelson: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. nelson: Dictionary.com
  12. nelson: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Nelson (NV), Nelson (New Zealand electorate), Nelson (band), Nelson (cricket), Nelson (electoral district), Nelson (given name), Nelson (horse), Nelson (opera), Nelson (surname), Nelson: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Nelson: Rhymezone
  15. Nelson: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  16. nelson: FreeDictionary.org
  17. nelson: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. Nelson: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Nelson (disambiguation), Nelson (river, Manitoba), nelson: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Nelson: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Nelson (Mandela): English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. The Nelson, nelson: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

(Note: See nelsoning as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Nelson)

noun:  (cricket) A score of 111, sometimes considered to be unlucky.
noun:  (wrestling) A wrestling hold in which a wrestler's arm is locked behind their back.
noun:  A surname originating as a patronymic.
noun:  A male given name transferred from the surname.
noun:  A placename
noun:  A place in Australia
noun:  A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
noun:  A small fishing town in Victoria, Australia.
noun:  A city in British Columbia, Canada.
noun:  A city and region of New Zealand, named after Horatio Nelson.
noun:  A place in the United Kingdom:
noun:  A town and civil parish of Pendle borough, Lancashire, England.
noun:  A village and community in Caerphilly county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST1195).
noun:  A place in the United States:
noun:  An unincorporated community in Shelby County, Alabama.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Butte County, California.
noun:  A small city in Pickens County and Cherokee County, Georgia.
noun:  A village in Lee County, Illinois.
noun:  A tiny city in Douglas County, Minnesota.
noun:  A tiny city in Saline County, Missouri.
noun:  A small city, the county seat of Nuckolls County, Nebraska.
noun:  A census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada.
noun:  A town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire.
noun:  A town in Madison County, New York.
noun:  A former small town in Durham County, North Carolina.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Choctaw County, Oklahoma.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Boone County, West Virginia.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Mecklenburg County, Virginia.
noun:  A village in Buffalo County, Wisconsin.

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