Meanings
noungrappling (plural grapplings)
plural grapplings
- gerundAn act in which something is grappled or grappled with.
[…] the Schoenberg is irresistible to young hearts in their initial grapplings with great questions of life, death, love and suffering.
2007 December 21, Bernard Holland, “Yielding to Youths Fierce Enthusiasms”, in New York Times - A grappling hook or grappling iron.
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of grapple
Synonyms & antonyms
Similar
nounthe act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat
Broader
nounthe sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Dutch grijpen, greep krijgen op
- grijpenact in which something is grappled
- greep krijgen opact in which something is grappled
German herumschlagend, packend
- herumschlagendact in which something is grappled
- packendact in which something is grappled
Turkish cebelleşerek, kavrayarak
- cebelleşerekact in which something is grappled
- kavrayarakact in which something is grappled
- yakalayarakact in which something is grappled
Cite this entry
APA
grappling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grappling
MLA
“grappling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grappling. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grappling,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grappling.
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