grappling
noun
- range of techniques used in many disciplines, styles and martial arts
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹæp(ə)lɪŋ/
noun
- An act in which something is grappled or grappled with.
“[…] the Schoenberg is irresistible to young hearts in their initial grapplings with great questions of life, death, love and suffering.”
- A grappling hook or grappling iron.
- A small anchor; a grapnel.
verb
- present participle and gerund of grapple