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grap⋅ple

  [grap-uhl] verb, -pled, -pling, noun
Use Grappled in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to hold or make fast to something, as with a grapple.
2. to use a grapple.
3. to seize another, or each other, in a firm grip, as in wrestling; clinch.
4. to engage in a struggle or close encounter (usually fol. by with): He was grappling with a boy twice his size.
5. to try to overcome or deal (usually fol. by with): to grapple with a problem.
–verb (used with object)
6. to seize, hold, or fasten with or as with a grapple.
7. to seize in a grip, take hold of: The thug grappled him around the neck.
–noun
8. a hook or an iron instrument by which one thing, as a ship, fastens onto another; grapnel.
9. a seizing or gripping.
10. a grip or close hold in wrestling or hand-to-hand fighting.
11. a close, hand-to-hand fight.
Origin:
1520–30; appar. a freq. of OE gegrǣppian to seize; associated with grapnel

Related forms:
grappler, noun

Synonyms:
5. struggle, contend, wrestle, cope, tussle.
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grap·ple   (grāp'əl)   
n.  
    1. An iron shaft with claws at one end, usually thrown by a rope and used for grasping and holding, especially one for drawing and holding an enemy ship alongside. Also called grapnel, grappling, grappling hook, grappling iron.
    2. Nautical See grapnel.
    3. A struggle or contest in which the participants attempt to clutch or grip each other.
    4. A struggle for superiority or dominance.
  2. The act of grappling.
    1. A struggle or contest in which the participants attempt to clutch or grip each other.
    2. A struggle for superiority or dominance.
v.   grap·pled, grap·pling, grap·ples

v.   tr.
  1. To seize and hold, as with a grapple.
  2. To seize firmly, as with the hands.
v.   intr.
  1. To hold onto something with or as if with a grapple.
  2. To use a grapple or similar device, as for dragging.
  3. To struggle, in or as if in wrestling: grappled with their consciences; grapple with the political realities of our time.

[Middle English grapel, from Old French grapil, diminutive of grape, hook; see grape.]
grap'pler n.
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