grappling

English

Pronunciation

(General American) enPR: grăpʹ(ə-)lĭng, IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹæp(ə)lɪŋ/
Rhymes: -æplɪŋ, -æpəlɪŋ
Hyphenation: grap‧pling

Noun

grappling (plural grapplings)

(gerund of grapple) An act in which something is grappled or grappled with.
- 2007 December 21, Bernard Holland, “Yielding to Youths Fierce Enthusiasms”, in New York Times‎:
  […] the Schoenberg is irresistible to young hearts in their initial grapplings with great questions of life, death, love and suffering.
A grappling hook or grappling iron.
A small anchor; a grapnel.

Synonyms

handygripes (obsolete)

Translations

act in which something is grappled

German: herumschlagend, packend (de)

Turkish: cebelleşerek, kavrayarak, yakalayarak

grappling hook or grappling iron — see grappling hook,‎ grappling iron

grapnel — see grapnel

Verb

grappling

present participle of grapple

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