grappling

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Pronunciation

Noun

grappling (plural grapplings)

  1. (gerund of grapple) An act in which something is grappled or grappled with.
    • 2007 December 21, Bernard Holland, “Yielding to Youths Fierce Enthusiasms”, in New York Times‎:
      […] the Schoenberg is irresistible to young hearts in their initial grapplings with great questions of life, death, love and suffering.
  2. A grappling hook or grappling iron.
  3. A small anchor; a grapnel.

Synonyms

Translations

grappling hook or grappling iron — see grappling hook,‎ grappling iron
grapnel — see grapnel

Verb

grappling

  1. present participle and gerund of grapple
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