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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 1( def 8 ).
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
- slang.a 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
Derived Forms
- ˈ³Ù²¹³¦°ì±ô±ð°ù, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlogs From
- ³Ù²¹³¦°ìl±ð°ù noun
- °ù±ð·³Ù²¹³¦°ìl±ð verb (used with object) retackled retackling
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of tackle1
Example Sentences
"I spoke to him and apologised because it was not a great tackle," he told Premier League Productions.
Green GEN Cymru said they were "acting now to build and operate a green energy network for Wales" that will "tackle the energy crisis, the climate crisis and the cost-of-living crisis".
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"If this is not tackled by Trump, then home prices will remain uncompetitive," he said.
A magistrate in Sheffield since 1996, he has campaigned for issues such as improving equality and inclusion in sport, supporting mental health and tackling deprivation.
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