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Definition of Grapple

1. Noun. A tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope.

2. Verb. Come to terms with. "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"

3. Noun. A dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam.

4. Verb. To grip or seize, as in a wrestling match. "The two men grappled with each other for several minutes"

5. Noun. The act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat. "We watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully"

Definition of Grapple

1. v. t. To seize; to lay fast hold of; to attack at close quarters: as, to grapple an antagonist.

2. v. i. To use a grapple; to contend in close fight; to attach one's self as if by a grapple, as in wrestling; to close; to seize one another.

3. n. A seizing or seizure; close hug in contest; the wrestler's hold.

Definition of Grapple

1. to struggle or contend [v -PLED, -PLING, -PLES]

Medical Definition of Grapple

1. 1. A seizing or seizure; close hug in contest; the wrestler's hold. 2. An instrument, usually with hinged claws, for seizing and holding fast to an object; a grab. 3. Grapple plant, a projectile, to which are attached hinged claws to catch in a ship's rigging or to hold in the ground; called also anchor shot. See: Grapple, and cf. Crapple. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Grapple

graping graple graples graplin grapline graplines graplins grapnel grapnels grapnel anchor

GRAPO grappa grappas Grappelli grapple (current term) grapple (current term) grappled grappler grapplers grapples

grappling grapplings grappling hook grappling iron grapsoid graptolite graptolite graptolites Graptophyllum Graptophyllum pictum

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