Dictionary Entry
grapple
grapple is a 7-letter English word with 11 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To seize; to lay fast hold of; to attack at close quarters: as, to grapple an antagonist. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 16 · 11 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To seize; to lay fast hold of; to attack at close quarters: as, to grapple an antagonist.
- 2transitive verb
To fasten, as with a grapple; to fix; to join indissolubly.
- 3intransitive verb
To use a grapple; to contend in close fight; to attach one's self as if by a grapple, as in wrestling; to close; to seize one another.
- 4transitive verb
A seizing or seizure; close hug in contest; the wrestler's hold.
- 5transitive verb
An instrument, usually with hinged claws, for seizing and holding fast to an object; a grab.
- 6transitive verb
A grappling iron.
- 7noun
the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat
"they had a fierce wrestle"
"we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully"
- 8noun
a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam
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- 9noun
a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope
- 10verb
to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match
"the two men grappled with each other for several minutes"
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- 11verb
come to terms with
"We got by on just a gallon of gas"
"They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"
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