grappling hook

Questions about grappling hook

What does grappling hook mean?

grappling hook means "a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope".

What is another word for grappling hook?

Close synonyms include grapnel, grapple, grappler, grappling iron. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is grappling hook a common word?

grappling hook is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.