Grapple - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈɡræpl|
Brit.
|ˈɡræp(ə)l|
noun
- a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope (syn: grapnel)
- a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam (syn: clamshell)
- the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat (syn: grappling, wrestle, wrestling)
- a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam (syn: clamshell)
- the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat (syn: grappling, wrestle, wrestling)
verb
- succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available (syn: contend, cope, deal, get by, make out, manage)
- to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match (syn: grip)
- to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match (syn: grip)
the two men grappled with each other for several minutes
Extra examples
...was simply unable to break my opponent's viselike grapple and lost the wrestling match...
...after a grapple with his conscience, he confessed to having an affair...
...two sumo wrestlers grappling like a pair of mammoth bears...
...a crane grappled the sunken boat and hoisted it above water...
They grappled for the key.
The children grappled for the ball.
Two men grappled with a guard at the door.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: grapple
he/she/it: grapples
present participle: grappling
past tense: grappled
past participle: grappled
I/you/we/they: grapple
he/she/it: grapples
present participle: grappling
past tense: grappled
past participle: grappled
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