grapple
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7.4
- noun
- /ˈɡræpəl/
- The coyote was too smart to pull the drag—a grappling hook—through the brush, where it would get hung up.
- equipment with grapple
Examples
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Small track hoe-type equipment with grapple attachments is utilized to remove pieces of plastic and other debris.
Academic text (1995) -
We're gonna need a grapple or a crane.
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"We can even pull out certain materials with the grapple," Colosimo says.
Academic text (1996) -
We're gonna need a grapple or a crane with maybe a fifty-foot boom.
Fiction book (2002) -
But the thing that makes her really special are these grappling claws.
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The shuttle shivered as the grapples secured it.
Fiction book (1992) -
Another of the dock technicians shouted on a comm to the Port Authority to release the grapples.
Fiction book (1992) -
With much grumbling, ropes and grappling hooks are gathered, and the crew hops to it ...
Fiction book (1994) -
The line shoots out and a gleaming grappling hook slams into the side of Plissken's chopper, the prongs clawing in, holding.
Fiction book (1996) -
The workers used a grapple to lift the heavy steel beams onto the construction site.
Synonyms
204
1.0
A curved piece used to catch or hang things
19
5.6
A curved tool that grips and pulls things
9
5.7
A set of hooks on a rope used to catch and hold things like a wall or ship
2
7.2
A machine tool that holds things to lift or move them
2
9.1
A tool with hooks on a rope that you throw to catch or pull things
1
4.1
A machine part that holds or picks up objects firmly, like on a robot arm
1
9.5
A small hook with several points on a rope used to hold or pull things
1
5.6
A tool that holds objects firmly, like forceps used by surgeons
1
7.5
A machine bucket with two hinged halves that open to lift mud and sand
1
8.4
A metal tool with hooks used to hold and pull things with a rope
A tool for holding or lifting things safely
How Strong
Surface Forms
Etymology
Grapple first named a metal 'hook' used to grab things, like a grappling hook, so the word still means a tool with hooks for grabbing, holding, or lifting objects.