tackle
Meaning of tackle
noun
- the equipment required for a task or sport.
fishing tackle
- a mechanism consisting of ropes, pulley blocks, hooks, or other things for lifting heavy objects.
- an act of playing the ball, or attempting to do so, when it is in the possession of an opponent.
he was only prevented from scoring by a fine tackle
- a player who lines up next to the end along the line of scrimmage.
- make determined efforts to deal with (a problem or difficult task).
police have launched an initiative to tackle rising crime
- try to take the ball from (an opponent) by intercepting them.
the first scoring chance came when Orrell tackled Webb
he tackled well and covered expertly
Middle English (denoting equipment for a specific task): probably from Middle Low German takel, from taken ‘lay hold of’. Early senses of the verb (late Middle English) described the provision and handling of a ship's equipment.
Information about tackle
- The plural form of tackle is: tackles.
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Hyphenation of tackle
tackle
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- tackle is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
tackle synonyms
Meaning rigging:
Meaning fishing gear:
Meaning undertake:
Meaning harness:
Meaning equipment or apparatus that is used for a particular purpose:
Meaning the necessary items for a particular purpose:
Meaning the technical equipment or machinery needed for a particular activity or purpose:
Meaning a complete set of equipment needed for a particular purpose:
Meaning a set of articles or equipment needed for a specific purpose:
Meaning tools, machinery, and other durable equipment:
Meaning a device or implement, especially one held in the hand, used to carry out a particular function:
Meaning a tool, utensil, or other piece of equipment that is used for a particular purpose:
Meaning a tool or implement, especially one for precision work:
Meaning an additional item of dress or equipment:
Meaning miscellaneous articles, especially the equipment needed for a particular activity:
Meaning the outward signs, features, or objects associated with a particular situation, role, or job:
Meaning the use of skill to create or bring about something, especially with a consequent effect of artificiality:
Meaning an accessory or other item associated with a particular activity or style of living:
Meaning a tool, container, or other article, especially for household use:
Meaning equipment, utensils, or other objects used for a particular purpose:
Meaning a person's belongings, equipment, or baggage:
Meaning hit (someone) hard:
Meaning the equipment for a particular purpose:
Meaning a wheel with a grooved rim around which a cord passes, which acts to change the direction of a force applied to the cord and is used to raise heavy weights:
Meaning an apparatus for lifting or raising something:
Meaning a large, tall machine used for moving heavy objects by suspending them from a projecting arm or beam:
Meaning a hauling or lifting device consisting of a rope or chain winding round a horizontal rotating drum, turned typically by a crank or by motor:
Meaning a small crane on board a ship, especially one of a pair for suspending or lowering a lifeboat:
Meaning a winch, especially one on a ship or in a harbour:
Meaning another term for sheaf (verb):
Meaning think about and begin to deal with (an issue or problem):
Meaning start to deal with (a situation or problem) in a certain way:
Meaning follow or chase (someone or something):
Meaning cope or deal with (someone or something):
Meaning be in charge of (a business, organization, or undertaking); run:
Meaning obstruct (someone or something) so as to prevent them from continuing to a destination:
Meaning dispute the truth or validity of:
Meaning make the movement or flow in (a passage, pipe, road, etc.) difficult or impossible:
Meaning (of an event, action, or process) come to an end; cease to happen:
Meaning take aggressive military action against (a place or enemy forces) with weapons or armed force:
Translation of tackle
- Italian: affrontare, fronteggiare
- German: anpacken
- Spanish: afrontar, abordar
- Portuguese: enfrentar
- French: affronter
Anagrams of tackle
Words that rhyme with tackle
Gackle, Spackle, beshackle, cackle, chackle, crackle, crosshackle, entackle, foretackle, grackle, hackle, hamshackle, mackle, quackle, rackle, ramshackle, ransackle, ranshackle, retackle, shackle, snackle, spackle, sprackle, unshackle, untackle, befreckle, bespeckle, checkle, deckle, freckle, heckle, keckle, kenspeckle, outspeckle, peckle, seckle, speckle, spreckle, aprickle, atrickle, banstickle, brickle, caickle, crickle, depickle, dunpickle, fairnitickle, fairnytickle, fernitickle, ferntickle
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