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.