(gerund of grapple) An act in which something is grappled or grappled with. / A grappling hook or grappling iron. / A small anchor; a grapnel.

present participle of grapple

plural of grappling

(transitive) To seize something and hold it firmly. / (intransitive) To wrestle or tussle. / (figuratively, with with) To ponder and intensely evaluate a problem; to struggle to deal with.

A close hand-to-hand struggle. / The act of grappling. (uncountable)

(nautical) A device consisting of iron claws, attached to the end of a rope, used for grasping and holding an enemy ship prior to boarding; a grappling iron. / (nautical) A grapnel (“type of anchor”).

(transitive) To fasten, as with a grapple; (by extension) to fix; to join indissolubly. / (transitive, intransitive) To climb (whether by means of a grapple and rope, or by hand, etc).

(marketing) A combination of grape and apple flavors.

simple past tense and past participle of grapple

plural of grapple