grappling
About 0.66 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun An act in which something is grappled or grappled with.
- noun A grappling hook or grappling iron.
- noun A small anchor; a grapnel.
- verb present participle and gerund of grapple
Similar words
wrestle wrestling tackling confronting braving coping with hand-to-hand struggle rassling irons fighting
Often followed by
with hooks hook irons for in and the to
Word family
grapplings
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