grappling

Speech parts

1. grappling - Noun

2. grappling - Verb

Meaning

of Grapple

A laying fast ho1d of; also, that by which anything is seized and held, a grapnel.

A grapple; a struggle. A match for yards in fight, in grappling for the bear.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

wrestling wrestle grapple rassling hand-to-hand struggle sambo sumo face deal fighting fight struggle manage catch grip
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Antonyms

agree keeping accepting yielding approving consenting
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Hypernyms

struggle contact sport

Hyponyms

sumo professional wrestling Greco-Roman wrestling flying mare

Phrases with the word

grappling technique grappling with

Examples

You, why are you so afraid of war and slaughter? Even if all the rest of us drop and die around you, grappling for the ships, you'd run no risk of death: you lack the heart to last it out in combat-coward! Homer

Responsibility to yourself means refusing to let others do your thinking, talking, and naming for you; it means learning to respect and use your own brains and instincts; hence, grappling with hard work. Adrienne Rich

I learned long ago not to exhaust myself grappling problems that time will carry away on its tide. Lois McMaster Bujold

I'm still grappling with all the things most people resolve by the time they're 35. Maybe that's why I make music that is relevant to young people. I'm emotionally stuck at the age of 13. Siobhan Fahey

America is grappling with cultural diversity, and I just want to put a show on that represents the world in which I live. David Alan Grier

We are personalities in the making, limited, and grappling with things too high for us. Obviously we, at very best, will make many mistakes, but these mistakes need not be sins. E. Stanley Jones

Close letter words and terms

grapplement grappler grapplesome grappling hook grappling iron grappling technique