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Meaning of GRAPPLING

Pronunciation:  'grapling

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down
  2. [n]  the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat; "they had a fierce wrestle"; "we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully"
  3. [n]  taking the bull by the horns
 
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 Synonyms: braving, confronting, coping with, grapple, hand-to-hand struggle, rassling, tackling, wrestle, wrestling
 
 See Also: attempt, contact sport, effort, endeavor, endeavour, face, facing, flying mare, professional wrestling, struggle, try, wrestling hold

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Grap"pling\, n.
1. A laying fast ho1d of; also, that by which anything is
   seized and held, a grapnel.
2. A grapple; a struggle. A match for yards in fight, in
   grappling for the bear. --Dryden.
{Grappling iron}, a hooked iron used for grappling and
   holding fast a vessel or other object.
{Grappling tongs}, broad-mouthed tongs for gathering oysters.
 

 

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