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tackle

[ tak-uhl tey-kuhl ]

noun

  1. equipment, apparatus, or gear, especially for fishing:

    fishing tackle.

  2. 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.
  3. any system of leverage using several pulleys.
  4. Nautical. the gear and running rigging for handling a ship or performing some task on a ship.
  5. an act of tackling, as in football; a seizing, grasping, or bringing down.
  6. Football.
    1. either of the linemen stationed between a guard and an end.
    2. the position played by this lineman.
  7. (formerly) tack 1( def 8 ).


verb (used with object)

tackled, tackling.
  1. to undertake to handle, master, solve, etc.:

    to tackle a difficult problem.

  2. to deal with (a person) on some problem, issue, etc.
  3. to harness (a horse).
  4. Football. to seize, stop, or throw down (a ball-carrier).
  5. 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.
  6. to seize suddenly, especially in order to stop.

verb (used without object)

tackled, tackling.
  1. Football. to tackle an opponent having the ball.

tackle

/ ˈteɪkəl; ˈtækəl /

noun

  1. any mechanical system for lifting or pulling, esp an arrangement of ropes and pulleys designed to lift heavy weights
  2. the equipment required for a particular occupation, etc

    fishing tackle

  3. nautical the halyards and other running rigging aboard a vessel
  4. slang.
    a man's genitals
  5. sport a physical challenge to an opponent, as to prevent his progress with the ball
  6. American football a defensive lineman
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to undertake (a task, problem, etc)
  2. tr to confront (a person, esp an opponent) with a difficult proposition
  3. sport (esp in football games) to challenge (an opponent) with a tackle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³Ù²¹³¦°ì±ô±ð°ù, noun
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  • ³Ù²¹³¦°ìl±ð°ù noun
  • °ù±ð·³Ù²¹³¦°ìl±ð verb (used with object) retackled retackling
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tackle1

First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English takel “gear, apparatus,†from Middle Low German; akin to take
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tackle1

C13: related to Middle Low German takel ship's rigging, Middle Dutch taken to take
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Example Sentences

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