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grapplings

grapplings is the plural of grappling.

Meaning of grappling

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.

Questions about grapplings

What is grapplings the plural of?
Grapplings is the plural of grappling.

Words near grapplings in the dictionary

  1. grappling hooks
  2. grappling iron
  3. grappling irons
  4. grappling tongs
  5. grappling with
  6. grapplings
  7. graps
  8. grapsid
  9. grapsids
  10. grapsoid
  11. grapsoids

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