grappling
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lɪŋ noun
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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 followed by with ): He was grappling with a boy twice his size.
5.
to try to overcome or deal (usually followed 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; apparently a frequentative of Old English gegrǣppian to seize; associated with grapnel
1520–30; apparently a frequentative of Old English gegrǣppian to seize; associated with grapnel
Related forms
grap·pler, noun
in·ter·grap·ple, verb, in·ter·grap·pled, in·ter·grap·pling.
un·grap·pled, adjective
Synonyms
5. struggle, contend, wrestle, cope, tussle.
5. struggle, contend, wrestle, cope, tussle.
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grapple (ˈɡræpəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb (foll by with) | |
| 1. | to come to grips with (one or more persons), esp to struggle in hand-to-hand combat |
| 2. | to cope or contend: to grapple with a financial problem |
| 3. | (tr) to secure with a grapple |
| —n | |
| 4. | any form of hook or metal instrument by which something is secured, such as a grapnel |
| 5. | a. the act of gripping or seizing, as in wrestling |
| b. a grip or hold | |
| 6. | a contest of grappling, esp a wrestling match |
| [C16: from Old French grappelle a little hook, from grape hook; see | |
| 'grappler | |
| —n | |
| grappling (ˈɡræplɪŋ) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the act of gripping or seizing, as in wrestling |
| 2. | a hook used for securing something |
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Word Origin & History
grapple
1295, from O.Fr. grapil "hook" (see grapnel). The verb is 1530, from the noun.
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Example sentences
Now that same independent central bank is grappling with an ugly conjuncture of rising inflation and falling growth.
One of the challenges they faced was grappling with the wide disparity in educational vocabulary that exists in the state.
Public universities, many of them grappling with overall financial cuts, had some of the fastest-growing athletic budgets.
It's clear that both survivors and observers are still grappling with what happened that day.
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