grappled

Jump To: linkLink/Cite

Variant of grapple

grapple definition

grap·ple (grap′əl)

noun

  1. grapnel
  2. a device consisting of two or more hinged, movable iron prongs for grasping and moving heavy objects
  3. a coming to grips; hand-to-hand fight

Etymology: OFr grapil: see grapnel

transitive verb grappled grap′·pled, grappling grap′·pling

to grip and hold; seize

intransitive verb

  1. to use a grapnel
  2. to struggle in hand-to-hand combat; wrestle
  3. to struggle or try to cope (with) to grapple with a problem

Related Forms:

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Link to this page:

Cite this page:

MLA Style

"grappled." Webster's New World College Dictionary. 2009

  • Your Dictionary. 4 July 2009
  • <www.yourdictionary.com/grappled>

APA Style

grappled. (2009). In Webster's New World College Dictionary

  • Retrieved July 4th, 2009, from www.yourdictionary.com/grappled

Comments:

Please or Register to post a comment