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grap⋅ple
[grap-uh
l] 
verb, -pled, -pling, noun –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. |
Related forms:
grappler, noun
Synonyms:
5. struggle, contend, wrestle, cope, tussle.
5. struggle, contend, wrestle, cope, tussle.
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