Synonym of climbing iron (“a kind of crampon attached to the shoe to aid with climbing”)
A person who is constantly trying to get ahead socially.
Any structure on a playground designed to be climbed on.
A bird that climbs, such as a parrot or woodpecker; specifically (archaic), a bird having two toes pointing forward, and two pointing backward, formerly regarded as being from the order Scansores or Zygodactyli (now obsolete as the birds formerly in this order have been reclassified into different orders); a zygodactyl.
A plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support.
A cyclist who specializes in riding especially well on steep hills or roads.
A device consisting of iron claws, attached to the end of a rope, used for grasping and holding an enemy ship prior to boarding; a grappling iron.
A grapnel (“type of anchor”).
A close hand-to-hand struggle.
A combination of grape and apple flavors.
The act of grappling. (uncountable)
To hook and raise with a grapple.
To ponder and intensely evaluate a problem; to struggle to deal with.
To climb (whether by means of a grapple and rope, or by hand, etc).
To fasten, as with a grapple; (by extension) to fix; to join indissolubly.
To wrestle or tussle.
To seize something and hold it firmly.
To use a grapple (for example to attempt to find, hook, and raise a net or cable).