grappling hook
noun
: 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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Indy's whip is more than just a primitive grappling hook.
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Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
One thing that is not exactly new is the ability to give players a grappling hook this time around in a move that’s reminiscent of the recent Halo Infinite, which also, for the first time, threw Master Chief into an open world.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
Currently on my slate: a sci-fi journalism simulator in which the protagonist is a robot reporter, an action title that puts a gun in a crab’s claw and a platformer that gives grappling hooks to dogs.
—Kris Holt, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
Based on West’s testimony, the police conducted a search of the lake on May 13, using grappling hooks to scrape its bottom for potential obstructions.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2024
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Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
One thing that is not exactly new is the ability to give players a grappling hook this time around in a move that’s reminiscent of the recent Halo Infinite, which also, for the first time, threw Master Chief into an open world.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
Currently on my slate: a sci-fi journalism simulator in which the protagonist is a robot reporter, an action title that puts a gun in a crab’s claw and a platformer that gives grappling hooks to dogs.
—Kris Holt, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
Based on West’s testimony, the police conducted a search of the lake on May 13, using grappling hooks to scrape its bottom for potential obstructions.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2024
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“Grappling hook.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grappling%20hook. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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