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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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