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Jul 4, 2009
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grap•ple



Pronunciation: (grap'ul), [key]
—v., -pled, -pling,
—n.

—v.i.
1. to hold or make fast to something, as with a grapple.
2. to use a grapple.
3. to seize another, or each other, in a firm grip, as in wrestling; clinch.
4. to engage in a struggle or close encounter (usually fol. by with): He was grappling with a boy twice his size.
5. to try to overcome or deal (usually fol. by with): to grapple with a problem.

—v.t.
1. to seize, hold, or fasten with or as with a grapple.
2. to seize in a grip, take hold of: The thug grappled him around the neck.

—n.
1. a hook or an iron instrument by which one thing, as a ship, fastens onto another; grapnel.
2. a seizing or gripping.
3. a grip or close hold in wrestling or hand-to-hand fighting.
4. a close, hand-to-hand fight.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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