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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024grap•pling (grap′ling),USA pronunciation n. - Nautical, Naval Termsgrapnel.
- grapple + -ing1 1590–1600
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024grap•ple /ˈgræpəl/USA pronunciation v., -pled, -pling, n. v. - to struggle with by holding, gripping, or wrestling;
come to grips: [no object]The two wrestlers grappled in the ring.[~ + with]He grappled with his attacker. - to try to overcome or deal:[~ + with]to grapple with a problem.
n. [countable] - Nautical, Naval Termsgrapnel (def. 1).
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024grap•ple (grap′əl),USA pronunciation v., -pled, -pling, n. v.i. - 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 fol. by with):He was grappling with a boy twice his size.
- to try to overcome or deal (usually fol. by with):to grapple with a problem.
v.t. - 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.
n. - Nautical, Naval Termsa 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.
- 1520–30; apparently a frequentative of Old English gegrǣppian to seize; associated with grapnel
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged struggle, contend, wrestle, cope, tussle.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: grapple /ˈɡræpəl/ vb - to come to grips with (one or more persons), esp to struggle in hand-to-hand combat
- (intransitive) followed by with: to cope or contend: to grapple with a financial problem
- (transitive) to secure with a grapple
n - any 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
Etymology: 16th Century: from Old French grappelle a little hook, from grape hook; see grapnelˈgrappler n |