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tackle
[tak-uhl, tey-kuhl]
noun
equipment, apparatus, or gear, especially for fishing.
fishing tackle.
a mechanism or apparatus, as a rope and block or a combination of ropes and blocks, for hoisting, lowering, and shifting objects or materials; purchase.
any system of leverage using several pulleys.
Nautical.the gear and running rigging for handling a ship or performing some task on a ship.
an act of tackling, as in football; a seizing, grasping, or bringing down.
Football.
either of the linemen stationed between a guard and an end.
the position played by this lineman.
(formerly) tack.
verb (used with object)
to undertake to handle, master, solve, etc..
to tackle a difficult problem.
to deal with (a person) on some problem, issue, etc.
to harness (a horse).
Football.to seize, stop, or throw down (a ball-carrier).
Soccer, Field Hockey.to block or impede the movement or progress of (an opponent having the ball) with the result of depriving the opponent of the ball.
to seize suddenly, especially in order to stop.
verb (used without object)
Football.to tackle an opponent having the ball.
tackle
/ ˈteɪkəl, ˈtækəl /
noun
any mechanical system for lifting or pulling, esp an arrangement of ropes and pulleys designed to lift heavy weights
the equipment required for a particular occupation, etc
fishing tackle
nautical the halyards and other running rigging aboard a vessel
slanga man's genitals
sport a physical challenge to an opponent, as to prevent his progress with the ball
American football a defensive lineman
verb
(tr) to undertake (a task, problem, etc)
(tr) to confront (a person, esp an opponent) with a difficult proposition
sport (esp in football games) to challenge (an opponent) with a tackle
Other Word Forms
- tackler noun
- retackle verb (used with object)
- ˈٲ noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of tackle1
Example Sentences
Ten fire and rescue crews were called to tackle the blaze as witnesses around Bicester reported seeing black smoke in the sky.
And when Leicester skipper Julian Montoya was shown a yellow for a high tackle on Ted Hill his side were forced into defensive mode to see out the half.
Friday night saw a fifth night of violence when police in Portadown, County Armagh, used water cannon to tackle rioters who were attacking them.
Firefighters are tackling a major blaze at a multi-storey building in Perth which broke out in the early hours.
Austria has never seen a school attack on this scale, but the French stabbing took place during a government programme aimed at tackling the growth in knife crime.
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