Tackle
['tæk(ə)l] or ['tækl]
Definition
(noun.) (American football) grasping an opposing player with the intention of stopping by throwing to the ground.
(noun.) (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage; 'it takes a big man to play tackle'.
(noun.) the person who plays that position on a football team; 'the right tackle is a straight A student'.
(verb.) seize and throw down an opponent player, who usually carries the ball.
Checker: Spenser--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights, consisting of a rope and pulley blocks; sometimes, the rope and attachments, as distinct from the block.
(n.) Any instruments of action; an apparatus by which an object is moved or operated; gear; as, fishing tackle, hunting tackle; formerly, specifically, weapons.
(n.) The rigging and apparatus of a ship; also, any purchase where more than one block is used.
(n.) To supply with tackle.
(n.) To fasten or attach, as with a tackle; to harness; as, to tackle a horse into a coach or wagon.
(n.) To seize; to lay hold of; to grapple; as, a wrestler tackles his antagonist; a dog tackles the game.
(n.) To begin to deal with; as, to tackle the problem.
Checked by Archie
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Pulley.[2]. Equipment, gear, rigging, tackling, furniture.
v. a. [Local and Colloquial.] [1]. Harness.[2]. Attack, seize, lay hold of, seize upon.
Edited by Daisy
Definition
n. the ropes rigging &c. of a ship: tools weapons: ropes &c. for raising heavy weights: a pulley.—v.t. to harness: (prov.) to seize or take hold of attack fasten upon.—v.i. to get a hold of.—adj. Tack′led made of ropes tackled together.—ns. Tack′ling furniture or apparatus belonging to the masts yards &c. of a ship: harness for drawing a carriage: tackle or instruments; Tacks′man a tenant or lessee.
Editor: Rodney
Examples
- He walked on first, carrying a part of the fishing tackle, and his companions followed him at some distance. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- After that, there was but one thing left for Mr. Seegrave to do--namely, to set to work, and tackle the servants' characters himself. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- One of them went to inquire for the captain, to learn what orders he wished to give for mending the well-tackle. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- A combination of pulleys called block and tackle is used where very heavy loads are to be moved. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- I don't care about his Xisuthrus and Fee-fo-fum and the rest; but then he doesn't care about my fishing-tackle. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- An effective arrangement of pulleys known as block and tackle. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- He saw the grim appearance, the dark face bearing command in it, the noble vessel with its tackle torn. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Well, them fellows have all tackled the old Oracle, as they say, but the old man's most too many for 'em. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- But as to your ideas that the man had robbed the house before William tackled him, I think it a most absurd notion. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- One problem was tackled at a time. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Whether it's passing, or tackling, or dribbling, there's no one to touch him, and then, he's got the head, and can hold us all together. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I then took my tackling, and, fastening a hook to the hole at the prow of each, I tied all the cords together at the end. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
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