grappling

Etymology

noun

  1. (gerund of grapple) 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. December 21, 2007, Bernard Holland, “Yielding to Youths Fierce Enthusiasms”, in New York Times
  2. A grappling hook or grappling iron.
  3. A small anchor; a grapnel.

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of grapple

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