tackle
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: American-football
ball-games
fishing
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
nautical
rugby
sports
transport
Etymology: From Middle English takel (“gear, apparatus”), from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German takel (“ship's rigging”), perhaps related to Middle Dutch taken (“to grasp, seize”). Akin to Danish takkel (“tackle”), Swedish tackel (“tackle”). More at take.
Inflected forms:
form: tackles
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: tackles
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: tackling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: tackled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: tackled
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A device for grasping an object and an attached means of moving it, as a rope and hook.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A block and tackle.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Clothing.
pos: noun
tags: slang
uncountable
gloss: Equipment (rod, reel, line, lure, etc.) used when angling.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: Equipment, gear, gadgetry.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
informal
uncountable
examples: 2004 June 24–30, "Jeff Gordon Never Gets Tired Of Seeing Face On Cheap Plastic Crap", The Onion, available in Embedded in America, →ISBN, page 193,
... an illuminated license-plate frame bearing his likeness, signature, and yellow number 24. "That there's a real nice piece of tackle. ..."
gloss: A play where a player attempts to take control over the ball from an opponent, as in rugby or football.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: A play where a defender brings the ball carrier to the ground.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: Any instance in which one person intercepts another and forces them to the ground.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: An offensive line position between a guard and an end: offensive tackle; a person playing that position.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A defensive position between two defensive ends: defensive tackle; a person playing that position.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The penis.
pos: noun
tags: countable
slang
uncountable
gloss: To force a person to the ground with the weight of one's own body, usually by jumping on top or slamming one's weight into them.
pos: verb
gloss: To face or deal with, attempting to overcome or fight down.
pos: verb
examples: The government's measures to tackle crime were insufficient.
Have you tackled them about paying for it?
The work on Bridge 22, over Hemming Street, is being tackled first; it was started in January and should be finished by Whitsun.
The shark was thought to represent nature at its most cruel, and only a few painters and writers felt the need to tackle such a powerful subject.
gloss: To attempt to take away a ball.
pos: verb
gloss: To bring a ball carrier to the ground.
pos: verb
gloss: To "hit on" or pursue a person that one is interested in.
pos: verb
tags: Singapore
colloquial
examples: "Singing is the oldest, most effective and productive way to tackle girls," asserted the 37-year-old, affectionately known as Ah Guan at Tan Chang Ren Music Station.
It takes the form of a beautiful lady and tackles young and handsome men.
Now, now, I know you guys are being excited but remember, your feelings play the most important role to tackle a girl.
Kenneth Ma claims his secret to tackling girls lies in his new and improved skin condition.
Derived words: block tackle
body tackle
crash tackle
double tackle
dump tackle
foretackle
grapple tackle
ground tackle
high tackle
late tackle
laughing tackle
luff tackle
nontackle
nose tackle
reef-tackle
relieving tackle
rugby tackle
scissor tackle
shoestring tackle
slide-tackle
slide tackle
sliding tackle
spear tackle
stay tackle
stock tackle
tackle block
tacklebox
tackle box
tacklee
tackle fall
tackle football
tackle for loss
tacklehouse
tackle house
tackle-house
tackleless
tackleman
tackle-porter
tackle porter
tackle twill
tap-tackle
terminal tackle
untackle
watch tackle
wedding tackle
mistackle
outtackle
overtackle
retackle
tackleable
tackle on
tackler
untackled
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