Definition of grappling Grappling

/gɹæˈplɪŋ/ - [gratpling] - grap•pling

We found 10 definitions of grappling from 6 different sources.

What does grappling mean?

Noun
grappling - the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down
		wrestling, rassling
		contact sport a sport that necessarily involves body contact between opposing players
		flying mare a wrestling maneuver
		greco-roman wrestling a style of wrestling where the wrestlers are forbidden to tackle or trip or use holds below the waist
		professional wrestling wrestling for money
		sumo a Japanese form of wrestling; you lose if you are forced out of a small ring or if any part of your body (other than your feet) touches the ground
		wrestling hold a hold used in the sport of wrestling
grappling - the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat; "they had a fierce wrestle"; "we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully"
		wrestle, wrestling, grapple, hand-to-hand struggle
		struggle strenuous effort; "the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her"

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grappling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Grapple
grappling (n.)
A laying fast ho1d of; also, that by which anything is seized and held, a grapnel.
grappling (n.)
A grapple; a struggle. A match for yards in fight, in grappling for the bear.

grappling
(grapin, Fr.) a sort of small anchor, fitted with four or five flukes or claws, plate IV. fig. 5. and commonly used to ride a boat or other small vessel.
Fire-GRAPPLING, grapin d’abordage, an instrument nearly resembling the former, but differing in the construction of its flukes, which are furnished with strong barbs on their points, fig. 4. plate IV. These machines are usually fixed on the yard-arms of a ship, in order to grapple any adversary whom she intends to board. They are however more particularly useful in fire-ships, for the purposes described in that article.