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Definitions for Tackling
[1] equipment; tackle.
[2] equipment, apparatus, or gear, especially for fishing: fishing tackle.
[3] 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.
[4] any system of leverage using several pulleys.
[5] Nautical . the gear and running rigging for handling a ship or performing some task on a ship.
[6] an act of tackling, as in football; a seizing, grasping, or bringing down.
[7] Football . either of the linemen stationed between a guard and an end. the position played by this lineman.
[8] (formerly) tack1(def 8) .
[9] to undertake to handle, master, solve, etc.: to tackle a difficult problem.
[10] to deal with (a person) on some problem, issue, etc.
[11] to harness (a horse).
[12] Football . to seize, stop, or throw down (a ball-carrier).
[13] 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.
[14] to seize suddenly, especially in order to stop.
[15] Football . to tackle an opponent having the ball.
[16] any mechanical system for lifting or pulling, esp an arrangement of ropes and pulleys designed to lift heavy weights
[17] the equipment required for a particular occupation, etc fishing tackle
[18] nautical the halyards and other running rigging aboard a vessel
[19] slang a man's genitals
[20] sport a physical challenge to an opponent, as to prevent his progress with the ball
[21] American football a defensive lineman
[22] (tr) to undertake (a task, problem, etc)
[23] (tr) to confront (a person, esp an opponent) with a difficult proposition
[24] sport (esp in football games) to challenge (an opponent) with a tackle
Words related to Tackling
begin, accept, try, undertake, confront, stop, halt, essay, attack, attempt, launch, down, seize, clutch, challenge, upset, grapple, sack, nail, grasp
Words nearby Tackling
tacker, tacket, tackie, tackies, tackle, tackling, tacksman, tacky, tacloban, tacmahack, tacna-arica
Origin of Tackling
e1200–50; Middle English takel gear, apparatus < Middle Low German; akin to take
Other words from Tackling
un·tack·ling , adjective
tack·ler , noun
re·tack·le , verb (used with object), re·tack·led, re·tack·ling.
Word origin for Tackling
eC13: related to Middle Low German takel ship's rigging, Middle Dutch taken to take
Synonyms for Tackling
accept, begin, deal with, engage in, take up, try, undertake, work on, attack, attempt, essay, launch, apply oneself, bang away at, come to grips with, devote oneself to, embark upon, give a try, give a whirl, go for it, make a run at, pitch into, set about, square off, start the ball rolling, take a shot at, take in hand, take on, try on for size, turn one's hand to, turn to