grappling

grappling has 5 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• p. pr. & vb. n.. of Grapple
• n.. A laying fast ho1d of; also, that by which anything is seized and held, a grapnel.
• n.. A grapple; a struggle. A match for yards in fight, in grappling for the bear.
• n.. the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down
• n.. the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat; "they had a fierce wrestle"; "we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully"