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Definition of "grappling" []

  • See grapple. (noun)
  • Nautical See grapnel. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "grappling" in a sentence
  • "'Stonor's too content just to criticize, just to make his delicate pungent fun of the men who are grappling -- very inadequately of course -- still _grappling_ with the big questions."
  • "The children weren't doing cage fighting, they were doing what they call grappling."
  • "I have caught plenty more on hook and line than they have noodling (they call it grappling around here), so I don't think it is something that we should be concerned with."
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