grappling

From the verb grapple: (⇒ conjugate)
grappling is: ⓘClick the infinitive to see all available inflections: v pres p

grap•pling n.

grap•ple v., -pled, -pling, n.
v.

to struggle with by holding, gripping, or wrestling;
come to grips: [no object]The two wrestlers grappled in the ring.[~ + with]He grappled with his attacker.
to try to overcome or deal:[~ + with]to grapple with a problem.

grap•ple v., -pled, -pling, n.
v.i.

to hold or make fast to something, as with a grapple.
to use a grapple.
to seize another, or each other, in a firm grip, as in wrestling;
clinch.
to engage in a struggle or close encounter (usually fol. by with):He was grappling with a boy twice his size.
to try to overcome or deal (usually fol. by with):to grapple with a problem.

v.t.

Nautical, Naval Termsa hook or an iron instrument by which one thing, as a ship, fastens onto another;
grapnel.
a seizing or gripping.
a grip or close hold in wrestling or hand-to-hand fighting.
a close, hand-to-hand fight.

1520–30; apparently a frequentative of Old English gegrǣppian to seize; associated with grapnel

grap′pler, n.

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grapple /ˈɡræp^əl/ vb

to come to grips with (one or more persons), esp to struggle in hand-to-hand combat
(intransitive) followed by with: to cope or contend: to grapple with a financial problem
(transitive) to secure with a grapple

any form of hook or metal instrument by which something is secured, such as a grapnel
- the act of gripping or seizing, as in wrestling
- a grip or hold

Etymology: 16th Century: from Old French grappelle a little hook, from grape hook; see grapnelˈgrappler n

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