grapevining

Verb

grapevine (third-person singular simple present grapevines, present participle grapevining, simple past and past participle grapevined)

1. (transitive) To restrain in a leglock.
   • From the top he grapevined his leg around Tibbits' leg and planted his elbow in his opponent's opposite side.2007, Steve Wolfe, Call Us Champions: More Alaska Wrestling Stories
2. (transitive) To drape or curl around adjacent objects.
   • This results from the plug wires being grapevined around each other too closely.1953 October, E.F. Lindsley, “What You Can Do With Spark-Plug Tester”, in Popular Science, volume 163, number 4, page 204
3. (intransitive) To move one's body in a smooth undulating wave while stepping in the direction the wave is moving.
   • Up on the stage, the dancers twirled and whirled in time to the music and then grapevined across the broad expanse and exited stage left.2013, S.C. Rackes, Cast a Dark Shadow, page 25
4. (transitive) To score mortar at a joint.
   • The bridge is faced with rusticated stone and grapevined mortar joints, a trademark of WPA-built structures in southeast Colorado, and features beveled stone piers, corbeled copings and tapered voussoirs for the arches.1986, Rebecca Herbst, Vicki Rottman, Historic Bridges of Colorado, page 88
5. (intransitive, transitive) Of information, to spread as a rumor.
   • For several years, as Mr. Watson's challenge gradually grapevined its way through the business world, many business groups asked Mr. Russell to speak at their directors' meetings and conventions.1958, Walter Russell, Lao Russell, The World Crisis: Its Explanation and Solution, page 94
6. (intransitive, transitive) Of a person or group, to spread (a rumor).
   • The doctor's orders were soon grapevined around the league, and all the bench jockeys on the circuit were quickly counting ten on every pitch Lefty made.2014, Gordon S. (Mickey) Cochrane, Baseball: The Fans' Game, page 125

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