Definition of grapple
Verbs
come to terms with
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extemporize, improvise
manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand
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fend
try to manage without help
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cut, hack
be able to manage or manage successfully
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rub along, scrape along, scrape by, scratch along, squeak by, squeeze by
manage one's existence barely
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cope with, match, meet
satisfy or fulfill
Nouns
a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope
- Synonyms:
- grapnel, grappler, grappling hook, grappling iron
- Type of:
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tool
an implement used in the practice of a vocation
a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam
- Synonyms:
- clamshell
- Type of:
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dredging bucket
a bucket for lifting material from a channel or riverbed
the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat
- Synonyms:
- grappling, hand-to-hand struggle, wrestle, wrestling
- Type of:
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struggle
strenuous effort
Vocabulary Lists for grapple
- monkey jacket
- spouter
- inion
- tomahawk
- river horse
Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island »(2273 words)
Vocabulary study guide for Robert Louis Stevenson's...
- seamanly
- squire
- rum
- stockade
- clove hitch
- Macbeth
- thane
- weird sister
- hautboy
- Duncan
Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun »(384 words)
- sand dollar
- petty bourgeoisie
- petit bourgeois
- peckerwood
- Yoruba
Mandible and Maxillae Things That Start With G. »(24 words)
Jaws.
(With corrected use of the term 'Maxillae' with...
- grumble
- gulp
- gab
- gossip
- grimace

