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grappling

Syllables: grap·plingUS/ˈɡɹæp(ə)lɪŋ/

grappling noun: an act in which something is grappled or grappled with. Also the present participle and gerund of grapple.

Noun

grappling (plural grapplings)

  1. (gerund) An act in which something is grappled or grappled with.
    • […] the Schoenberg is irresistible to young hearts in their initial grapplings with great questions of life, death, love and suffering.2007 December 21, Bernard Holland, “Yielding to Youths Fierce Enthusiasms”, in New York Times
  2. A grappling hook or grappling iron.
  3. A small anchor; a grapnel.

Also used as

grappling is also the present participle and gerund of grapple.

grappling meaning in Nepali

grappling in Nepali

ग्राप्लिङ

Examples of grappling in a sentence

  • "People are grappling with it, and they're doing it in a nonhostile atmosphere," he said.
  • The following days I spent patrolling the river and grappling for nets.
  • Economists are laser-focused on upcoming reports on spending because they serve as indicators of how consumers are grappling with inflation and higher interest rates.

All 11 example sentences with grappling

Synonyms of grappling

Forms of grappling

pluralgrapplings

Phrases with grappling

Questions about grappling

What does grappling mean?
Grappling means an act in which something is grappled or grappled with.
What is grappling in Nepali?
Grappling in Nepali is ग्राप्लिङ. See Grappling meaning in Nepali.
What part of speech is grappling?
Grappling is a noun.
How do you pronounce grappling?
Grappling is pronounced /ˈɡɹæp(ə)lɪŋ/ (US).
What is the plural of grappling?
The plural of grappling is grapplings.

Words near grappling in the dictionary

  1. grapplers
  2. grapples
  3. grapples with
  4. grapplesome
  5. grappleth
  6. grappling
  7. grappling hook
  8. grappling hooks
  9. grappling iron
  10. grappling irons
  11. grappling tongs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: grappling (page history and authors); grappling (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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