TACKLE


Meaning of TACKLE in English

n. 25B6; noun

fishing tackle : GEAR, equipment, apparatus, kit, hardware; implements, instruments, accoutrements, paraphernalia, trappings, appurtenances; informal things, stuff, clobber, bits and pieces; archaic equipage.

lifting tackle : PULLEYS, gear, hoist, crane, winch, davit, windlass, sheave.

a tackle by the scrum half : INTERCEPTION, challenge, block, attack.

25B6; verb

we must tackle environmental problems : GET TO GRIPS WITH, address, get to work on, set one's hand to, approach, take on, attend to, see to, try to sort out; deal with, take care of, handle, manage; informal get stuck into, have a crack at, have a go at.

I tackled Nina about it : CONFRONT, speak to, interview, question, cross-examine; accost, waylay; remonstrate with.

he tackled a masked intruder : CONFRONT, face up to, take on, contend with, challenge; seize, grab, grapple with, intercept, block, stop; bring down, floor, fell; informal have a go at.

the winger got tackled : INTERCEPT, challenge, block, stop, attack.

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