grappling

noun

grap·​pling ˈgra-p(ə-)liŋ How to pronounce grappling (audio)
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How is the music industry grappling with the way art and music are defined? Dana Taylor, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025 Sarah Aziza’s beautiful, complex piece is both a grappling with the impossibility of words and a manifestation of the necessity of continuing to try to find language. Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Dec. 2025 Several women were seen pushing and grappling while bystanders lifted phones to record the chaos. Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 17 Dec. 2025 Taken together, the books on this list show narrators real and imagined grappling with some of life’s greatest challenges, and nevertheless surviving—as timely and valuable a message as readers can ask for. Lucy Feldman, Time, 9 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for grappling

Word History

First Known Use

1582, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of grappling was in 1582

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“Grappling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grappling. Accessed 25 Dec. 2025.

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