Grabble vs. Grapple — What's the Difference?

Grabble was a fashion and lifestyle mobile commerce platform that currently operates on the iOS platform in the UK. Grabble shut down in 2018.

An iron shaft with claws at one end, usually thrown by a rope and used for grasping and holding, especially one for drawing and holding an enemy ship alongside. Also called grapnel, grappling, grappling hook, grappling iron.

To feel around with the hands; grope.

See grapnel.

To fall down; sprawl.

Any of various grasping devices having hinged tines or jaws that close around an object or load, used especially in lifting or dragging heavy items.

To catch a fish or try to catch a fish by hand; noodle.

The act of grappling.

(intransitive) To search with one's hands and fingers; to attempt to grasp something.

A struggle or contest in which the participants attempt to wrestle with each other by clutching or gripping.

To search in a similar way using an implement.

A struggle for superiority or dominance.

(transitive) To touch (someone) with one's hands or fingers, sometimes in a sexual way.

To seize and hold with a grapple

(transitive) To pick (something or someone) up hastily, roughly or clumsily.

To seize firmly with the hands

(transitive) To attempt to grab; to grasp at (something).

To hold onto something with a grapple

(transitive) To pull, lift or dig (something) (out of the ground) by searching with one's hands and fingers.

To use a grapple or similar device, as for dragging.

To lift (something) out in a similar way using an implement.

To wrestle with an opponent by clutching or gripping.

To catch fish by reaching into the water with one's hand.

To struggle or work hard to deal with something

To fish on the grabble.

(transitive) To seize something and hold it firmly.

(ambitransitive) To utter inarticulate sounds, often quickly and loudly; to say (something) quickly, idly or foolishly.

(intransitive) To wrestle or tussle.

To lie prostrate; to sprawl on the ground.

To ponder and intensely evaluate a problem; to struggle to deal with.

(obsolete) A method of fishing using a line with several hooks fastened to it along with a lead weight so that the hooks sit on the bottom.

(transitive) To fasten, as with a grapple; (by extension) to fix; to join indissolubly.

To grope; to feel with the hands.

To climb (whether by means of a grapple and rope, or by hand, etc).

To lie prostrate on the belly; to sprawl on the ground; to grovel.

(intransitive) To use a grapple (for example to attempt to find, hook, and raise a net or cable).

To hook and raise with a grapple.

A close hand-to-hand struggle.

The act of grappling. (uncountable)

A tool with claws or hooks which is used to catch or hold something.

(nautical) 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.

(nautical) A gloss=type of anchor.

(marketing) A combination of grape and apple flavors.

To seize; to lay fast hold of; to attack at close quarters: as, to grapple an antagonist.

To fasten, as with a grapple; to fix; to join indissolubly.

To use a grapple; to contend in close fight; to attach one's self as if by a grapple, as in wrestling; to close; to seize one another.

A seizing or seizure; close hug in contest; the wrestler's hold.

An instrument, usually with hinged claws, for seizing and holding fast to an object; a grab.

A tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope

A dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam

The act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat;

Come to terms or deal successfully with;

To grip or seize, as in a wrestling match;