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grappling hook
noun
Definition of GRAPPLING HOOK
: a hook usually with multiple prongs that is typically attached to a rope and is used for grabbing, grappling, or gripping —called also grappling iron
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First Known Use of GRAPPLING HOOK
1581
Rhymes with GRAPPLING HOOK
Beaverbrook, bring to book, buttonhook, cock a snook, comic book, copybook, donnybrook, gerenuk, inglenook, in one's book, Leeuwenhoek, off the hook, overbook, overlook, picture book, pocketbook, pressure-cook, pruning hook, Sandy Hook, service book, statute book, storybook, talking book, tenterhook, Volapük
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