grappling

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: grăpʹ(ə-)lĭng, IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹæp(ə)lɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -æplɪŋ, -æpəlɪŋ
• Hyphenation: grap‧pling

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^[1]:

     […] 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

• handygripes (obsolete)

Translations

act in which something is grappled

• German: herumschlagend, packend (de)
• Turkish: cebelleşerek, kavrayarak, yakalayarak

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

grapnel — see grapnel

Verb

grappling

1. present participle of grapple