grappling
Meaning
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- An act in which something is grappled or grappled with.
- A grappling hook or grappling iron.
- A small anchor; a grapnel.
Synonyms
hand-to-hand struggle
hand-to-hand fighting
Frequency
Hyphenated as
grap‧pling
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɡɹæp(ə)lɪŋ/
New
grapple
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- To seize something and hold it firmly.
- To wrestle or tussle.
- To ponder and intensely evaluate a problem; to struggle to deal with.
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