tackle
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əl noun
1.
equipment, apparatus, or gear, especially for fishing: fishing tackle.
2.
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.
3.
any system of leverage using several pulleys.
4.
Nautical. the gear and running rigging for handling a ship or performing some task on a ship.
5.
an act of tackling, as in football; a seizing, grasping, or bringing down.
verb (used with object)
8.
to undertake to handle, master, solve, etc.: to tackle a difficult problem.
9.
to deal with (a person) on some problem, issue, etc.
10.
to harness (a horse).
11.
Football. to seize, stop, or throw down (a ball-carrier).
12.
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.
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verb (used without object)
14.
Football. to tackle an opponent having the ball.
Related forms
tack·ler, noun
re·tack·le, verb (used with object), re·tack·led, re·tack·ling.
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tackle (ˈtækəl, often nautical ˈteɪkəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | any mechanical system for lifting or pulling, esp an arrangement of ropes and pulleys designed to lift heavy weights |
| 2. | the equipment required for a particular occupation, etc: fishing tackle |
| 3. | nautical the halyards and other running rigging aboard a vessel |
| 4. | slang a man's genitals |
| 5. | sport a physical challenge to an opponent, as to prevent his progress with the ball |
| 6. | American football a defensive lineman |
| —vb | |
| 7. | (tr) to undertake (a task, problem, etc) |
| 8. | (tr) to confront (a person, esp an opponent) with a difficult proposition |
| 9. | sport (esp in football games) to challenge (an opponent) with a tackle |
| [C13: related to Middle Low German takel ship's rigging, Middle Dutch taken to | |
| 'tackler | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
tackle
mid-13c., "apparatus, gear," from M.Du. or M.L.G. takel "the rigging of a ship," perhaps related to M.Du. taken "grasp, seize" (see take), or perhaps from root of tack (1). Meaning "apparatus for fishing" is recorded from late 14c. The noun meaning
"act of tackling" in the sporting sense is recorded from 1876 (see tackle (v.)); as the name of a position in Amer. football, it is recorded from 1891.
tackle
mid-14c., "entangle, involve," from tackle (n.). Sense of "to furnish (a ship) with tackles" is from c.1400; meaning "to harness a horse" is recorded from 1714. The meaning "lay hold of, come to grips with, attack" is attested from 1828, described by Webster that year as
"a common popular use of the word in New England, though not elegant;" fig. sense of "try to deal with" (a task or problem) is from 1840. The verb in the sporting sense first recorded 1884.
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Example sentences
So far the effort to tackle global warming has achieved little.
History shows it isn't necessary to have an elite left tackle to win.
State intervention has so far failed to tackle serial criminals, while pointlessly and expensively locking up too many petty ones.
But others address the kinds of issues that the politicians have been too timid to tackle or too gridlocked to resolve.
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