tackle
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈtækəl/, [ˈtʰækɫ̩]
tackle
- A device for grasping an object and an attached means of moving it, as a rope and hook.
- A block and tackle.
- (fishing, uncountable) Equipment (rod, reel, line, lure, etc.) used when angling.
- (uncountable, informal, by extension) equipment, gear, gadgetry.
- 2004 June 24–30, "Jeff Gordon Never Gets Tired Of Seeing Face On Cheap Plastic Crap", The Onion, available in Embedded in America, ISBN 1400054567, page 193,
- ... an illuminated license-plate frame bearing his likeness, signature, and yellow number 24. "That there's a real nice piece of tackle. ..."
- 2004 June 24–30, "Jeff Gordon Never Gets Tired Of Seeing Face On Cheap Plastic Crap", The Onion, available in Embedded in America, ISBN 1400054567, page 193,
- (sports, countable) A play where a player attempts to take control over the ball from an opponent, as in rugby or football.
- (rugby, American football, countable) A play where a defender brings the ball carrier to the ground.
- (countable) Any instance in which one person intercepts another and forces them to the ground.
- (American football) An offensive line position between a guard and an end: offensive tackle; a person playing that position.
- (American football) A defensive position between two defensive ends: defensive tackle; a person playing that position.
- (slang) A man's genitalia.
- French: tacle (rugby) plaquage
- German: Tackling
- Italian: tackle, placcaggio, scivolata
- Spanish: entrada
- Italian: placcaggio
- Spanish: tacleada, placaje
tackle (tackles, present participle tackling; past and past participle tackled)
- 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 him or her.
- To face or deal with, attempting to overcome or fight down.
- The government's measures to tackle crime were insufficient.
- (sports) To attempt to take away a ball.
- (rugby, American football) To bring a ball carrier to the ground.
- (Singapore, colloquial) To "hit on" or pursue a person that one is interested in.
- French: combattre, affronter
- German: in Angriff nehmen, angehen
- Italian: affrontare, contrastare
- Portuguese: enfrentar
- Russian: преодолева́ть
- Spanish: afrontar, abordar, emprender, atajar
- French: tacler
- Spanish: taclear
- French: plaquer
- Spanish: placar, taclear
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