Usually means: Wrestling hold immobilizing arms, neck.
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  1. full nelson: Merriam-Webster
  2. full nelson: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. full nelson: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. full nelson: Collins English Dictionary
  5. full nelson: Vocabulary.com
  6. full nelson: Wiktionary
  7. full nelson: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. full nelson: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. full nelson: Dictionary.com
  10. Full Nelson (album), Full nelson: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. full nelson: Rhymezone
  12. full Nelson: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  13. full nelson: FreeDictionary.org
  14. full nelson: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. full nelson: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Full Nelson, the full nelson: Urban Dictionary

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  2. Full nelson: Sports Definitions

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Definitions from Wiktionary (full nelson)

noun:  (wrestling) A hold in which the wrestler applying the hold puts their arms under the armpits of their opponent and applies pressure to the back of their opponent's head or neck.
noun:  (sex) A sex position where one partner penetrates the other from behind while holding up the recipient's legs.

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