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Tackle   /tˈækəl/   Listen
Tackle

verb
(past & past part. tackled; pres. part. tackling)
1.
Accept as a challenge.  Synonyms: take on, undertake.
2.
Put a harness.  Synonym: harness.
3.
Seize and throw down an opponent player, who usually carries the ball.
noun
1.
The person who plays that position on a football team.
2.
Gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sails.  Synonym: rigging.
3.
Gear used in fishing.  Synonyms: fishing gear, fishing rig, fishing tackle, rig.
4.
(American football) a position on the line of scrimmage.
5.
(American football) grasping an opposing player with the intention of stopping by throwing to the ground.



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"Tackle" Quotes from Famous Books



... yet," said Cameron. "We can't be sure just what they'll let us see. But for my money I'd just as soon tackle the question of the Ids. Sal Karone is twice the man Marthasa is, yet he acts like he has no will of his own when the Markovian ...
— Cubs of the Wolf • Raymond F. Jones
... blessings of the old order; they like the old ways and believe in them; they think, for instance, that the old classical lines of education are the best, that the system fortifies the mind, and that, when you have been through it, you have got a good instrument which enables you to tackle anything else; a very coherent position, and, in the case of our conservatives, ...
— The Upton Letters • Arthur Christopher Benson
... them stop at the door next to me before they come here. That is an advantage, as they would go straight down the corridor on leaving me. The first thing is to tear up these two rugs into strips, and make ropes for binding them. Of course I shall have to tackle the soldier first. The warder has evidently been bribed and he will make no resistance. When I have once overpowered the soldier, I may get some hints from the other as to which is my best way of getting out of ...
— With Cochrane the Dauntless • George Alfred Henty
... ready soon after the afternoon's work had commenced. Bannon found time between two and three o'clock to inspect the tackle. He picked up an end of rope and lashed the cross timber down securely. Then he went down the ladders and found Max, who had brought the carpet for the box and was looking over his work. The rope led up to the top of the well through a pulley and then back to the working floor and through ...
— Calumet 'K' • Samuel Merwin
... were motionless, then Graham's companion stood up, and reaching towards the fastenings of the cable fumbled with some indistinct tackle. ...
— When the Sleeper Wakes • Herbert George Wells


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