Meanings
plural grappling hooks
- A type of hook attached to a line and designed to be thrown at a target (e.g. rigging of an enemy ship) for the purpose of catching hold of it.
The jibs were extended partially, and the grappling-hooks attached to steel cables, which had been positioned under the engine a week previously.
1946 March and April, C. R. L. Coles, “Re-Railing the Locomotive at Bourne End”, in Railway Magazine, page 96Synonyms: grappling, grappling iron
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA type of hook attached to a line and designed to be thrown at a target (e.g. rigging of an enemy ship) for the purpose of catching hold of it.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans enter haak
- enter haaka type of hook
Chinese Mandarin 鉤爪 /钩爪
- 鉤爪 /钩爪 (gōuzhuǎ)a type of hook
Dutch enterhaak
- enterhaaka type of hook
Finnish heittokoukku, entraushaka
- heittokoukkua type of hook
- entraushakaa type of hook
French grappin
- grappina type of hook
German Enterhaken
- Enterhakena type of hook
Hungarian csáklya
- csáklyaa type of hook
Italian rampino
- rampinoa type of hook
Latin harpago
- harpagoa type of hook
Norwegian Bokmål entrehake
- entrehakea type of hook
Portuguese arpéu
- arpéua type of hook
Spanish arpeo, granpin
- arpeoa type of hook
- granpina type of hook
- garfio arrojadizoa type of hook
Turkish karmuk
- karmuka type of hook
Cite this entry
grappling hook. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grappling%20hook
“grappling hook.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grappling%20hook. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grappling hook,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grappling%20hook.
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