tackle
Noun · VerbOpen English WordNet
Verb (3)tackles, tackled, tackling
- accept as a challenge“I'll tackle this difficult task”Synonyms: undertaketake onMore general confront, face upMore specific rise
- put a harness“harness the horse”Synonyms: harnessMore general attachMore specific inspan
- seize and throw down an opponent player, who usually carries the ballMore general attack, aggress
Noun (5)tackles
- the person who plays offensive or defensive tackle on a football team“the right tackle is a straight A student”Type of lineman
- gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sailsSynonyms: riggingType of gear, paraphernalia
- gear used in fishingSynonyms: fishing gearfishing tacklefishing rigrigType of gear, paraphernaliaParts gigMembers fishing rod, gaff, spinner, fishhook, landing net, spear, reel, bob +2 more
- (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage, typically opposite one of the offensive guards“it takes a big man to play tackle”Type of linemanMember of football team, eleven
- (American football) grasping an opposing player with the intention of stopping by throwing to the groundType of football play
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Translations
Verb to face or deal with
- Spanish
- afrontar
- German
- in Angriff nehmen
- Italian
- affrontare
- Dutch
- aanpakken
- Greek
- αντιμετωπίζω antimetopízo
- Hungarian
- megbirkózik
- Finnish
- käydä käsiksi
Noun tackle, attempt to take the ball (sports)
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: OE. takel, akin to LG. & D. takel, Dan. takkel, Sw. tackel; perhaps akin to E. taw, v. t., or to take.
1. Apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights, consisting of a rope and pulley blocks; sometimes, the rope and attachments, as distinct from the block, in which case the full appratus is referred to as a block and tackle.
2. Any instruments of action; an apparatus by which an object is moved or operated; gear; as, fishing tackle, hunting tackle; formerly, specifically, weapons. “She to her tackle fell.”
☞ In Chaucer, it denotes usually an arrow or arrows.
3. Nautical The rigging and apparatus of a ship; also, any purchase where more than one block is used.
Fall and tackle. See the Note under Pulley. — Fishing tackle. See under Fishing, adjective — Ground tackle Nautical, anchors, cables, etc. — Gun tackle, the apparatus or appliances for hauling cannon in or out. — Tackle fall, the rope, or rather the end of the rope, of a tackle, to which the power is applied. — Tack tackle Nautical, a small tackle to pull down the tacks of the principal sails. — Tackle board, Tackle post Ropemaking, a board, frame, or post, at the end of a ropewalk, for supporting the spindels, or whirls, for twisting the yarns.
Football 1. An act of tackling{4}; as, brought down by a tackle by a lineman.
2. Football One of two linemen on a football team, occupying a position between the guard and an end; also, the position played by such a tackle.
Origin: Cf. LG. takeln to equip. See Tackle, noun
1. To supply with tackle. Francis, & Fletcher, John. Beaumont
2. To fasten or attach, as with a tackle; to harness; as, to tackle a horse into a coach or wagon. colloquial
3. To seize; to lay hold of; to grapple; as, a wrestler tackles his antagonist; a dog tackles the game.
The greatest poetess of our day has wasted her time and strength in tackling windmills under conditions the most fitted to insure her defeat.— Dublin University Magazine
4. Football To cause the ball carrier to fall to the ground, thus ending the forward motion of the ball and the play.
5. To begin to deal with; as, to tackle the problem.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: GCIDE editors