Found 3 items, similar to Grappling.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: grapple
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: grappling
grappling
n 1: the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat;
“they had
a fierce wrestle”;
“we watched his grappling and
wrestling with the bully” [syn:
wrestle,
wrestling,
grapple,
hand-to-hand struggle]
2: taking the bull by the horns [syn:
braving,
confronting,
coping with,
tackling]
3: the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed
contestants who try to throw each other down [syn:
wrestling,
rassling]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Grappling
Grappling
\Grap"pling\, n.
1. A laying fast ho1d of; also, that by which anything is
seized and held, a grapnel.
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2. A grapple; a struggle. A match for yards in fight, in
grappling for the bear. --Dryden.
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Grappling iron, a hooked iron used for grappling and
holding fast a vessel or other object.
Grappling tongs, broad-mouthed tongs for gathering oysters.
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Grapple
\Grap"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Grappled; p. pr. & vb.
n.
Grappling.] [F. grappiller, OF. graypil the grapple of a
ship, fr. graper to pluck, prop., to seize, clutch; of German
origin. See
Grape.]
1. To seize; to lay fast hold of; to attack at close
quarters: as, to grapple an antagonist.
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2. To fasten, as with a grapple; to fix; to join
indissolubly.
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The gallies were grappled to the Centurion.
--Hakluyt.
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Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel.
--Shak.
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