n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: tack · led ; tack · ling \ -k( ə -)li ŋ \
Date: 1600
transitive verb
1 : to attach or secure with or as if with tackle
2 a : to seize, take hold of, or grapple with especially with the intention of stopping or subduing b : to seize and throw down or stop (an opposing player with the ball) in football
3 : to set about dealing with < tackle the problem>
intransitive verb : to tackle an opposing player in football
– tack · ler \ -k( ə -)l ə r \ noun