Grapple

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Grapple may refer to:

Actions

• Grappling, techniques, maneuvers, and counters applied to an opponent in order to gain a physical advantage
• Grapple tackle, a controversial tackling technique used in rugby league
• Submission wrestling (also submission grappling), a formula of competition

Technology and Vehicles

• Grapple (tool), a hook or claw used to catch or hold something
• Grapple skidder, type of heavy vehicle used in a logging operation for pulling cut trees out of a forest
• Grapple truck, a truck that has a grapple loader mounted to its frame
• Grapple (network layer), a free software package for adding multiplayer support to computer games and applications
• Grapple fixture, on spacecraft or other objects to provide a secure connection for a robotic arm

Military

• Operation Grapple, a series of United Kingdom nuclear weapon tests
• Operation Grapple (Yugoslavia), codename given to the deployment of British forces in Bosnia from 1992
• USNS Grapple (T-ARS-53), a Safeguard-class salvage ship in the United States Navy
• USS Grapple (ARS-7), a Diver-class rescue and salvage ship commissioned by the U.S. Navy

Plants and Food

• Grāpple, the brand name of a commercially marketed grape-flavored apple
• Harpagophytum procumbens (also grapple plant), a plant of the sesame family

In fiction

• Grapple (Transformers), an Autobot from the second season of The Transformers TV series
• Grappler (comics), a fictional character in the Marvel Universe
• Settling Accounts: The Grapple, the third book in the Settling Accounts series by Harry Turtledove

See also

• Grape (disambiguation)
• Grasp (disambiguation)
• Graupel