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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
tackle
I.verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
block and tackle
deal with/tackle an issue (also address an issueformal)
▪ The government must deal with the issue of gun crime.
▪ The company said that it will address the issue at the next scheduled board meeting.
face/tackle/meet sth head-on
▪ The police are trying to tackle car crime head-on.
fight/combat/tackle crime
▪ There are a number of ways in which the public can help the police to fight crime.
fight/tackle corruption (=try to stop it)
▪ He criticized the government for failing to fight corruption in high places.
fishing tackle
flying tackle
tackle a blazeBritish English (= fight it)
▪ Fire crews were called out to tackle a blaze at a house near York.
tackle a question (=try to deal with a difficult question )
▪ Who has the ability to tackle the tough questions facing the nation?
tackle poverty (=take action to reduce the amount of poverty)
▪ Our priority is to tackle poverty and global inequality.
tackle/address a problem (=deal with it)
▪ There is more than one way to tackle this problem.
tackle/combat pollution (=try to deal with it)
▪ Governments must tackle pollution now.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
blaze
▪ Three appliances and a hydraulic platform tackled the blaze.
▪ About 15 firefighters tackled the blaze in a silo at I'Anson's mill in Masham in the Dales.
▪ Arson fear: Fire crews tackled the second blaze in three days in an empty house in Trent Street, Middlesbrough yesterday.
▪ Firefighters spent three hours tackling the blaze, which spread through the roof and into an adjoining property in Pensby Road.
▪ Later firemen tackling the blaze were in danger from exploding canisters of acetylene and propane.
▪ House arson: Fire crews spent more than two hours tackling a severe blaze in an empty Middlesbrough house yesterday.
crime
▪ I place firmly in the Government's lap the responsibility for failing to tackle crime.
▪ Anyone wishing to tackle crime rates must pay enormous attention to youth crime because of its sheer scale.
▪ Read in studio Police are claiming success for a new campaign to tackle crime in the countryside.
▪ Any Government who are seriously concerned about dealing with the escalating crime rate must begin to tackle crime at its roots.
▪ Painfully little has been done specifically to tackle car crime, which is a major aspect of youth crime.
▪ The Government have failed to tackle or prevent crime.
▪ The argument of all crackdown law is that it applies special, draconian measures to tackle some heinous crime.
crisis
▪ The following day the government introduced emergency measures to tackle the economic crisis.
▪ On the level of ideology the Conservative Government has attempted to tackle not only a crisis of legitimation but also of motivation.
▪ The Rao government moved swiftly to try and tackle the economic crisis.
▪ Police commanders claim the area is too large and their resources too meagre to tackle the crisis effectively.
▪ She saw it as an opportunity to take control of her life and set about tackling the crisis with positive thinking.
▪ To tackle the current economic crisis, it envisaged freezing government expenditure and reducing the costs of social security and unemployment benefit.
▪ Here we shall deal only with growth theory and shall tackle crisis separately, even though they are intimately connected.
issue
▪ Geriatric day hospitals, despite having a considerable minority of dementia sufferers have not in general tackled the issue of integration.
▪ Cose also tackles the issue of affirmative action.
▪ On the surface, the debate is about tackling issues left over from the past.
▪ Grant Thornton is to run a series of seminars to tackle the issue.
▪ Wild Bill Clinton shows he's a real front runner when tackling the big issues.
▪ In truth, there is no political will to tackle the issue.
▪ I wish to tackle three major issues which have influenced this changing philosophy and relate it directly to disruptive pupils.
▪ But it said that to get at the root of the problem the Government had to tackle the whole issue of deprivation.
problem
▪ But modern products go beyond shampoos and conditioners - new hair problems can be tackled like skin care.
▪ Every year, half a million problems were tackled by Money Advice agreements.
▪ That problem is being tackled by Newman, Paula and Dillon.
▪ Which of the patient's problems will be tackled. 2.
▪ Inflation also brings problems and must be tackled.
▪ These problems have been tackled in different ways and with different degrees of success, as I shall later try to explain.
▪ No specific details were given, however, on how problems were to be tackled.
question
▪ Andersson tackled the question directly by experimentally altering the tail lengths of the males.
▪ Geophysicists were looking to tackle the question of how the whole earth works.
▪ The two approaches, he claims, share the same essential insight but use it to tackle different questions.
▪ A member of the research team interviewed a number of pupils in two classes who had tackled the questions.
▪ He was there to tackle the questions, not question the tackle.
▪ Supposedly tackling the question, Are men of genius irritable? it is in fact an onslaught on critics.
▪ Weale tackles this important question, but his analysis is weak, especially his analogies with today's environmentalist movement.
▪ Nearly all pupils tackled the question and a variety of answers was given.
subject
▪ This does not mean that we shall shy away from tackling difficult subjects that may cause offence.
▪ There is a case, however, for tackling the subject, at least initially, here and now.
▪ It is not dislike of homosexuals which has prompted me to tackle this subject.
▪ They may tackle a subject from a fresh angle, bring a new perspective, and help take the debate further.
▪ The more markers there are to choose from, the greater the possibility of being able to tackle any subject.
▪ However, the format seems strained in tackling less personal subjects.
▪ Stylish and fashionably satirical, they seem afraid to tackle big subjects and to take the subjects or themselves seriously.
▪ Marr was overwhelmed by the bravery of the lyric and the immensely humane way in which Morrissey tackled the subject.
task
▪ It gives them time to think about this information before they tackle the listening task.
▪ Grappling with the many varied problems of the nineteenth century, it tackled innumerable tasks and faced innumerable obstacles.
▪ Role allocations are accepted by role performers, and the group is enables to tackle the task.
▪ The resulting book provides easy to use, well-illustrated information on tackling all kinds of tasks around the house.
▪ Inadequate time is given to planning how to tackle the task.
▪ In tackling this difficult task, some governments have been trapped in their own demagogic schemes.
▪ Betty demonstrates the way they are to tackle the task and the pupils carry it out in unison, at least initially.
▪ Ibn al-Haytham tackled the task but failed.
■ VERB
attempt
▪ On the level of ideology the Conservative Government has attempted to tackle not only a crisis of legitimation but also of motivation.
▪ These are among the questions that this pamphlet will attempt to tackle.
▪ You don't attempt to tackle the employee directly and challenge him to explain his actions.
begin
▪ The first black adoption agency, New Black Families, began to tackle the problem in 1980.
▪ Patience, he said to himself, and began to tackle the rest of the paper.
▪ Any Government who are seriously concerned about dealing with the escalating crime rate must begin to tackle crime at its roots.
▪ It has taken therapy and training as a counsellor for me to begin to tackle them.
▪ Is not it time that the Government took on board that question and began to tackle the problem of loan sharks positively?
▪ Such women decided they could only begin to tackle their problems through their own women's networks.
▪ Only in the mid-1980s did the Commission determinedly begin to tackle the problem of overproduction.
▪ Under President Ford leading Western states had begun to tackle their economic differences with greater determination.
fail
▪ I place firmly in the Government's lap the responsibility for failing to tackle crime.
▪ It blames management for failing to tackle the problem and makes more than 80 recommendations for change.
▪ The Government have failed to tackle or prevent crime.
▪ The Government have failed absolutely to tackle unemployment except for some cosmetic surgery.
help
▪ To help tackle the problem, the park authority is carrying out a research study.
▪ Realizing this, software makers have created scores of products to help you tackle the job.
▪ Amongst other projects, this will help to tackle equipment shortages and the backlog of school repairs.
▪ The amalgamation has also helped Marsden tackle head-on the problem of cutting internal overheads.
▪ We think that such programmes will help to tackle the skill problems of this country.
▪ What better way to help you tackle whatever lies in store in 1998?
try
▪ You will otherwise feel frustrated if you try to tackle different things at the same time.
▪ The housing defects legislation was introduced to try to tackle those problems.
▪ The Rao government moved swiftly to try and tackle the economic crisis.
▪ Some idiot member of the public might even try to tackle him.
▪ Although technology can not realistically take a back seat, we will try to tackle concepts at a simple level.
▪ Some councils have tried to tackle this difficulty through a policy of permitting only those new developments that will serve local needs.
▪ Noise from vehicles is something the Government has been trying to tackle for more than 20 years.
▪ Countries in the region are trying to tackle the problem.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ A task force was formed to tackle Charlestown's rising crime rate.
▪ I didn't know if he had the ball or not, so I just tackled him.
▪ Many schools are now trying to tackle the problem of drug abuse.
▪ Police forces in the area are trying to tackle car crime head on.
▪ The new laws are aimed at tackling unemployment.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Above all, they did nothing whatsoever to tackle the primary source of peasant rebelliousness: their semi-feudal exploitation.
▪ Andersson tackled the question directly by experimentally altering the tail lengths of the males.
▪ Geriatric day hospitals, despite having a considerable minority of dementia sufferers have not in general tackled the issue of integration.
▪ How can I best tackle this?
▪ New designs with foot pivots allow snow hikers to tackle almost any hill or valley.
▪ Weber does indeed tackle some old art ideas.
II.noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
defensive
▪ Washington has seen playing time as a reserve at both defensive end and tackle.
▪ The Raiders reportedly offered defensive tackle Chester McGlockton and a first and second-round pick for Swann, but were rejected.
▪ Dallas has lost two good players from their defense, cornerback Larry Brown and defensive tackle Russell Maryland.
▪ Donovan is 71, a former defensive tackle with the memorable Baltimore Colts teams of the 1950s and early 1960s.
▪ Defensive lineman Karl Dunbar, who spent the past two seasons as a backup defensive tackle, re-signed for one year.
▪ Gannon hurt his shoulder when Ravens defensive tackle Tony Siragusa drove him into the ground.
▪ The most bothersome injury may be the stress fracture suffered by defensive tackle Brandon Whiting before camp began.
fishing
▪ As I untangled the fishing tackle, I found over three feet of wire line, two hooks and five weights.
▪ If there isn't a kite shop nearby, try a fishing tackle shop for suitable snaps and swivels.
high
▪ Whilst I agree with many of Mr. Shelford's comments I find it hard to believe his comment on high tackles.
▪ Both Quinnells stuck out their forearms and felled opponents with high tackles.
▪ Then Mr. Shelford makes his pathetic statement on referees clamping down on the high tackle.
▪ So, the high tackle is the action of real men?
▪ Ex-Wigan star Smith was shown the red card for a high tackle on Keighleywinger Craig Horne.
▪ Since then the League have been punishing heavily anyone guilty of illegal high tackles, with eight-match suspensions being the normal currency.
late
▪ Soon after half-time touch-judge Nutt flagged for a late tackle on Nutt junior.
▪ Then, Nutt the player appeared to make a retaliatory late tackle, and after being penalised was sent off for dissent.
▪ Newton said he was the victim of a late sliding tackle by Mr Hallam.
▪ The Rangers ace suffered a stress fracture of the right knee after a late tackle in the recent 1-1 draw at Broomfield.
offensive
▪ In overtime, Dallas offensive tackle Larry Allen changed his mind at the last moment and called heads instead of tails.
▪ The fifth, reserve offensive tackle Charles McRae, has decided to retire from football following a disappointing six-year career.
▪ A possible comparison: Davis came here rated as the second offensive tackle, behind Florida's Kenyatta Walker.
▪ Harris Barton, the 49ers' offensive right tackle, missed his second straight game because of a groin injury.
▪ Most significantly in the short range, it could leave 49ers' offensive tackle Steve Wallace twisting in the wind.
▪ Massive offensive tackle Erik Williams must be paid a $ 5 million bonus this week or he becomes a free agent.
■ NOUN
box
▪ A good tackle box is essential.
▪ Quickly, before she could undo the decision, Kathy stowed her tackle box and oilcloth.
▪ A new tackle box, with its tier of hinged compartments, stood open like a three-dimensional greeting card.
■ VERB
make
▪ Middle linebacker Greg Biekert made 18 tackles.
▪ Then, Nutt the player appeared to make a retaliatory late tackle, and after being penalised was sent off for dissent.
▪ Tuggle annually makes a ton of tackles.
▪ They spent most of a record stuffing making big-hearted tackles and chasing shadows.
▪ Lesson 1: Learn to make a tackle in the mud.
▪ Shilton could not be blamed for the 2-0 defeat and made one superb tackle, denying Angell 15 yards outside his box.
miss
▪ The early signs were not encouraging, especially when he missed a tackle on De Wet Barry.
▪ Some one needs to play the gaps and we were missing tackles.
▪ He missed tackles and fell on one play that went for a 38-yard completion.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ At least three critical tackles were missed last week.
▪ He wasn't injured by the tackle, just ruined by running in unremitting heat.
▪ Testaverde later scrambled for 12 yards, breaking tackles with Steve Young-like dexterity.
▪ The change also means McGlockton can play as a tackle again instead of moving outside, a spot where he felt uncomfortable.
▪ Tuggle annually makes a ton of tackles.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
tackle

tackle \tac"kle\ n. (Football)

  1. An act of tackling[4]; as, brought down by a tackle by a lineman.

  2. (Football) One of two linemen on a football team, occupying a position between the guard and an end; also, the position played by such a tackle.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
tackle

mid-13c., "apparatus, gear," especially the rigging of a ship, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German takel "the rigging of a ship," perhaps related to Middle Dutch taken "grasp, seize" (see take (v.)), or perhaps from root of tack (n.1), which, if not the origin, has influenced the sense. Meaning "apparatus for fishing" is recorded from late 14c. Meaning "device for grasping and shifting or moving" is from 1530s. Meaning "act of tackling" in the sporting sense is recorded from 1876 (see tackle (v.)); as the name of a position in North American football, it is recorded from 1884. Welsh tacl is fro English.

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;" figurative sense of "try to deal with" (a task or problem) is from 1840. The verb in the sporting sense first recorded 1867, "to seize and stop." Related: Tackled; tackling.

Wiktionary
tackle

n. 1 (context nautical English) A system of ropes and blocks used to increase the force applied to the free end of the rope. 2 (context fishing uncountable English) Equipment (rod, reel, line, lure, etc.) used when angling. 3 (context uncountable informal English) By extension, any piece of equipment, particularly gadgetry. 4 (context sports countable English) A play where a player attempts to take control over the ball from an opponent, as in rugby or football. 5 (context American football countable English) A play where a defender brings the ball carrier to the ground. 6 (context countable English) Any instance in which one person forces another to the ground. 7 (context American football English) The offensive positions between each guard and end: offensive tackle; a person playing that position. 8 (context American football English) The defensive positions between two ends: defensive tackle; a person playing that position. 9 (context slang English) A man's genitali

  1. v

  2. 1 to face or deal with attempting to overcome or fight down 2 (context sports English) to attempt to take away a ball 3 (context American football English) to bring a ball carrier to the ground

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WordNet
tackle

  1. n. the person who plays that position on a football team; "the right tackle is a straight A student"

  2. gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sails [syn: rigging]

  3. gear used in fishing [syn: fishing gear, fishing tackle, fishing rig, rig]

  4. a position on the line of scrimmage; "it takes a big man to play tackle"

  5. (American football) grasping an opposing player with the intention of stopping by throwing to the ground

tackle

  1. v. accept as a challenge; "I'll tackle this difficult task" [syn: undertake, take on]

  2. put a harness; "harness the horse" [syn: harness] [ant: unharness]

  3. seize and throw down an opponent player, who usually carries the ball

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Wikipedia
Tackle (football move)

Most forms of football have a move known as a tackle. The primary and important purposes of tackling are to dispossess an opponent of the ball, to stop the player from gaining ground towards goal or to stop them from carrying out what they intend.

The word is used in some contact variations of football to describe the act of physically holding or wrestling a player to the ground. In others, it simply describes one or more methods of contesting for possession of the ball. It can therefore be used as both a defensive or attacking move.

Tackle

Tackle may refer to:

  • In football:
    • Tackle (football move), a play in various forms of football
    • Tackle (gridiron football position), a position in American football and Canadian football
    • Dump tackle, forceful move in rugby of picking up an opposing player and throwing him to the ground
    • The Tackle, a term for the final play of Super Bowl XXXIV
    • Sliding tackle, a tackle in association football
  • Fishing tackle, the gear or equipment used when fishing
  • An assembly of pulleys with a rope threaded through them; see Block and tackle
  • Tackle (Transformers) - a fictional character.
Tackle (gridiron football position)

Tackle is a playing position in American and Canadian football. Historically, in the one-platoon system a tackle played on both offense and defense. In the modern system of specialized units, offensive tackle and defensive tackle are separate positions, and mere "tackle" refers to an offensive tackle. The offensive tackle (OT, T) is a position on the offensive line, left and right. Like other offensive linemen, their job is to block: to physically keep defenders away from the offensive player who has the football and enable him to advance the football and eventually score a touchdown. The term "tackle" is a vestige of an earlier era of football in which the same players played both offense and defense. A tackle is the strong position on the offensive line. They power their blocks with quick steps and maneuverability. The tackles are mostly in charge of the outside protection. If the tight end goes out for a pass, the tackle must cover everyone that his guard does not, plus whoever the tight end is not covering. Usually they defend against defensive ends. In the NFL, offensive tackles often measure over and .

According to Sports Illustrated football journalist Paul "Dr. Z" Zimmerman, offensive tackles consistently achieve the highest scores, relative to the other positional groups, on the Wonderlic Test, with an average of 26. The Wonderlic is taken before the draft to assess each player's aptitude for learning and problem solving; a score of 26 is estimated to correspond with an IQ of 112.

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Usage examples of "tackle".

Saint Kevin if he cud, but mind ye, the blessed saint was so well beknownst to all the counthry, that the divil was afeared to tackle him.

She had the broad features common to the Akka people and the broad shoulders of a woman who has tackled a lot of reindeer, and it was hard to tell whether she contemplated those dogs with such an avid gaze because they looked fit to serve her, or to be eaten for supper.

Sails Sail-yards Ancors Cables Ropes Cords Gunns Gunpowder Shott Artillery Tackle Munition apparrell boate skiffe and furniture to the same belonging.

The arsonist propped the detached pane against the wall carefully, well out of his way, and reached into the first tackle bag.

It was he, I freely admit, who had given me a degree of comfort in tackling the question of who had killed poor Justin Ascham Raleigh.

French Hospital, with its up-to-date modern operating theatre for tackling the wounds in a strictly aseptic and scientific way within a few hours of the men being hit, are a tremendous help.

Into this hole, the end of the second alternating great tackle is then hooked so as to retain a hold upon the blubber, in order to prepare for what follows.

Meanwhile the gun crews knocked out the wedges and, heaving at the tackles, ran out the culver ins On either side of the lower deck there were eight, each loaded with a bucketful of powder and a ball.

We found a good anchor point for our block and tackle and while Chubby rigged it, I left him and floated back to the nearest cabin.

When Cowan tried a flying tackle, Yosha met it with a smashing knee that knocked him rolling to the floor.

Theo crawled across the ground and tackled the dead thing, which pulled Cumber down as well.

Avelyn meant to get to the dactyl, to tackle the damned thing and beat it with his bare hands if he had to!

That was the second time today someone had tackled him like a damned linebacker.

She pointed out that there are any number of words for penis that can be used pretty much with ease on the Beeb knob, willy, percy, portion, member, todger, tackle, dangler, sausage, John Thomas, Dick Dastardly, meat and two veg and Uncle Tom Cobblers and all.

He was not large enough to tackle a huge animal like diplodocus if she was in her own element, but he had found that usually when the large reptiles came into the stream, there was something wrong with them, and twice he had been able to hack one down.