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[ grap-uhl ] / ˈgræp əl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR grapple ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used without object), grap·pled, grap·pling.to hold or make fast to something, as with a grapple. to use a grapple. to seize another, or each other, in a firm grip, as in wrestling; clinch. to engage in a struggle or close encounter (usually followed by with): He was grappling with a boy twice his size. to try to overcome or deal (usually followed by with): to grapple with a problem. verb (used with object), grap·pled, grap·pling.to seize, hold, or fasten with or as with a grapple. to seize in a grip, take hold of: The thug grappled him around the neck. nouna hook or an iron instrument by which one thing, as a ship, fastens onto another; grapnel. a seizing or gripping. a grip or close hold in wrestling or hand-to-hand fighting. a close, hand-to-hand fight. Origin of grapple1520–30; apparently a frequentative of Old English gegrǣppian to seize; associated with grapnel SYNONYMS FOR grapple5 struggle, contend, wrestle, cope, tussle. SEE SYNONYMS FOR grapple ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM grapplegrappler, nounin·ter·grap·ple, verb, in·ter·grap·pled, in·ter·grap·pling.un·grap·pled, adjectiveWords nearby grapple-graphy, grapnel, grappa, Grappelli, grappier cement, grapple, grapple ground, grapple plant, grapple shot, grappling, grappling iron Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for grappleI believe that there are evil acts, and I grapple with the idea of whether you can call people evil. Ron Rosenbaum on Hitler, Hollywood, and Quantifying Evil|William O’Connor|July 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST For the fourth year running, the ICA has had to grapple with the complexities of coordinating a group show. These Young Artists Want You to Feel Something|Chloë Ashby|November 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST Instead it was to force him, and us, to grapple with the bigger question at the heart of the series. 'Breaking Bad's' Series Finale Cements Its Status As One of the All-Time Greats|Andrew Romano|September 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST If “sentimental” is banned, then critics will forced to grapple with the emotion and explain themselves. Boys Don’t Cry: In Praise of Sentiment|Andrew Sean Greer|June 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Any public health crusade which fails to grapple with this central fact is doomed to fail. How Public Health Experts Turned Corporations into Public Enemy #1|Megan McArdle|March 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST The work is a serious attempt to grapple with these great questions, and is as important on its ethical as on its artistic side. An Introduction to the Study of Browning|Arthur Symons The Dialogue allows these and related distinctions to emerge, even though it does not grapple with their implications. A Dialogue upon the Gardens|William Gilpin Strangers who have a large common ground of reading will, for this reason, come the sooner to the grapple of genuine converse. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9|Robert Louis Stevenson Whether a prisoner could scale the walls with a cord and grapple, how he would descend upon the other side? Little Dorrit|Charles Dickens Something was wrong, everything was wrong, fate was against him, he could not grapple with the situation. Pee-wee Harris on the Trail|Percy Keese Fitzhugh
British Dictionary definitions for grapple
verbto come to grips with (one or more persons), esp to struggle in hand-to-hand combat (intr foll by with) to cope or contendto grapple with a financial problem (tr) to secure with a grapple nounany form of hook or metal instrument by which something is secured, such as a grapnel - the act of gripping or seizing, as in wrestling
- a grip or hold
a contest of grappling, esp a wrestling match Derived forms of grapplegrappler, nounWord Origin for grappleC16: from Old French grappelle a little hook, from grape hook; see grapnel Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to grapplecontend, confront, cope, deal with, catch, encounter, scuffle, nail, hook, battle, close, nab, tussle, clash, fight, attack, take, grip, hug, combat |