grapple
IPA: grˈæpʌɫ
noun
- A close hand-to-hand struggle.
- The act of grappling. (uncountable)
- A tool with claws or hooks which is used to catch or hold something.
- (nautical) A device consisting of iron claws, attached to the end of a rope, used for grasping and holding an enemy ship prior to boarding; a grappling iron.
- (nautical) A grapnel (“type of anchor”).
- (marketing) A combination of grape and apple flavors.
verb
- (transitive) To seize something and hold it firmly.
- (intransitive) To wrestle or tussle.
- (figuratively, with with) To ponder and intensely evaluate a problem; to struggle to deal with.
- (transitive) To fasten, as with a grapple; (by extension) to fix; to join indissolubly.
- (transitive, intransitive) To climb (whether by means of a grapple and rope, or by hand, etc).
- (intransitive) To use a grapple (for example to attempt to find, hook, and raise a net or cable).
- (transitive, intransitive) To hook and raise with a grapple.
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Examples of "grapple" in Sentences
- The men fight and grapple for the gun.
- The trap is escaped by swinging on a grapple of dental floss.
- In normal operation of the grapple, the cables are left slack.
- To open and close the tongs of the grapple, two cables are used.
- The challenge of antitrust law is to grapple with such questions.
- The game's grapple system was unique at the time of the game's release.
- The bullwhip is iconic in the Indiana Jones movies and used as a grapple.
- Britain became a true thermonuclear power with the detonation of Grapple X.
- At the loading station, the grapple is lowered to pick up the shaped charge.
- By reforming the tower, he manages to grapple onto the edge of the container.
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