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- DictionaryTack·le/ˈtak(ə)l/
noun
- 1. the equipment required for a task or sport: "fishing tackle"
- 2. a mechanism consisting of ropes, pulley blocks, hooks, or other things for lifting heavy objects.
verb
- 1. make determined efforts to deal with (a problem or difficult task): "police have launched an initiative to tackle rising crime"
The meaning of TACKLE is a set of the equipment used in a particular activity : gear. How to use tackle in a sentence.
TACKLE definition: 1. to try to deal with something or someone: 2. (especially in football or hockey) to try to take…. Learn more.
TACKLE meaning: 1. to try to deal with something or someone: 2. (especially in football or hockey) to try to take…. Learn more.
Tackle definition: equipment, apparatus, or gear, especially for fishing. See examples of TACKLE used in a sentence.
Definitions of tackle. verb. seize and throw down an opponent player, who usually carries the ball. see more. verb. accept as a challenge. “I'll tackle this difficult task” synonyms: take on, undertake. see more. noun. (American football) grasping an opposing player with the intention of stopping by throwing to the ground. see more. noun.
If you tackle someone about a particular matter, you speak to them honestly about it, usually in order to get it changed or done.
TACKLE definition: 1. to try to deal with a problem: 2. to speak to someone about something bad that they have done…. Learn more.
[transitive] tackle something to make a determined effort to deal with a difficult problem or situation. The government is determined to tackle inflation. I think I'll tackle the repairs next weekend. Firefighters tackled a blaze in a garage last night. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Definitions on the go.
Definitions of 'tackle' 1. If you tackle a difficult problem or task, you deal with it in a very determined or efficient way. [...] 2. If you tackle someone in a game such as football or rugby, you knock them to the ground. If you tackle someone in soccer or hockey, you try to take the ball away from them. [...] 3.
1. equipment or gear, esp. for fishing: fishing tackle. 2. any system of leverage using pulleys, as a combination of ropes and blocks as for hoisting or lowering objects. 3. the gear and running rigging of a ship. 4. an act of tackling, as in football.
