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• Hook (Transformers) — Hook is the name of several characters in the Transformers universes. Due to their inability to trademark the name Hook, Hasbro changed the names of all homages of Hook to either Hightower or Wideload. Transformers: Generation 1Transformers… …   Wikipedia

• grapple — ► VERB 1) engage in a close fight or struggle without weapons. 2) (grapple with) struggle to deal with or understand. 3) archaic seize with a grapnel. ► NOUN 1) an act of grappling. 2) a grapnel …   English terms dictionary

• hook — [n] curved fastener angle, catch, clasp, crook, curve, grapnel, grapple, hasp, holder, link, lock, peg; concepts 260,498 hook [v] grab, catch angle, bag, clasp, crook, curve, enmesh, ensnare, entrap, fasten, fix, hasp, lasso, net, pin, secure,… …   New thesaurus

• grapple — (n.) late 13c., from O.Fr. grapil hook (see GRAPNEL (Cf. grapnel)). The verb is 1520s, seize and hold fast, from the noun. Sense of battle, struggle (with) is from 1590s. Related: Grappled; grappling …   Etymology dictionary

• grapple — [v] grab, wrestle attack, battle, catch, clash, clasp, close, clutch, combat, confront, contend, cope, deal with, do battle*, encounter, engage, face, fasten, fight, grasp, grip, hold, hook, hug, nab, nail, scuffle, seize, snatch, struggle,… …   New thesaurus

• Grapple (tool) — A grapple is a hook or claw used to catch or hold something. A ship s anchor is a type of grapple, especially the grapnel anchor.A throwing grapple (or grappling hook )is a multi pronged hook that is tied to a rope and thrown to catch a grip, as… …   Wikipedia

• grapple — /ˈgræpəl / (say grapuhl) noun 1. a hook or an iron instrument by which one thing, as a ship, fastens on another; a grapnel. 2. a seizing or gripping. 3. a grip or close hold in wrestling or hand to hand fighting. –verb (grappled, grappling) –verb …  

• grapple — I. noun Etymology: Middle English grappel grappling hook, from Old French *grappelle, diminutive of grape hook more at grape Date: 1601 1. a. the act or an instance of grappling b. a hand to hand struggle c. a contest for superiority or mastery 2 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• grapple — grappler, n. /grap euhl/, v., grappled, grappling, n. v.i. 1. to hold or make fast to something, as with a grapple. 2. to use a grapple. 3. to seize another, or each other, in a firm grip, as in wrestling; clinch. 4. to engage in a struggle or… …   Universalium

• hook — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. curvature, crook, bend; gaff. v. t. catch, fasten; curve, bend; link, join. See connection, pendency. II (Roget s IV) I n. 1. [An implement for snagging] Syn. lock, catch, clasp, latch; see fastener …   English dictionary for students

• grapple — verb 1》 engage in a close fight or struggle without weapons. 2》 (grapple with) struggle to deal with (a problem). 3》 archaic seize with a grapnel. noun 1》 an act of grappling. 2》 a grapnel. Derivatives grappler noun Origin ME: from OFr. grapil,… …   English new terms dictionary