tackles in English

noun

1

the equipment required for a task or sport.

fishing tackle

synonyms: gear, equipment, apparatus, kit, hardware, implements, instruments, accoutrements, paraphernalia, trappings, appurtenances, things, stuff, bits and pieces, equipage

2

a mechanism consisting of ropes, pulley blocks, hooks, or other things for lifting heavy objects.

They pumped out water and used ropes and tackle to lift and pull pieces of the aircraft apart to conduct a search for hazardous components.

synonyms: pulleys, gear, hoist, crane, winch, davit, windlass, sheave

3

an act of seizing and stopping a player in possession of the ball by knocking them to the ground.

He does not break as many tackles as one might expect from a player of his dimensions.

synonyms: block, interception, challenge, attack

4

a player who lines up inside the end along the line of scrimmage.

The team is serious about drafting a right offensive tackle in the early rounds.

verb

1

make determined efforts to deal with (a problem or difficult task).

police have launched an initiative to tackle rising crime

synonyms: come 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, have a crack at, have a go at

noun

gear, equipment, apparatus, kit, hardware, implements, instruments, accoutrements, paraphernalia, trappings, appurtenances, things, stuff, bits and pieces, equipage
pulleys, gear, hoist, crane, winch, davit, windlass, sheave
block, interception, challenge, attack
fishing gear, rig, fishing tackle
rigging

verb

come to grips with, confront, take on, harness
come 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, have a crack at, have a go at
confront, face up to, take on, contend with, challenge, attack, seize, grab, grapple with, intercept, block, stop, bring down, floor, fell, have a go at
take on, undertake
harness

Use "tackles" in a sentence

1. Fend offs, scrag tackles or Barging.

2. Biden Tackles Factory-Job Slide Bedeviling U.S

3. Middle linebacker Greg Biekert made 18 tackles.

4. Fighting back: Shop assistant tackles an armed robber.

5. His dodging of tackles, chasing the ball less etc.

6. Glover finished with five total tackles and one sack.

7. The book also tackles the shameless predicament of feeling desperate.

8. This is achieved, conventionally, by the sequential use of tricing pennants and Bowsing tackles

9. Examinations are a contrivance to see how a student tackles new problems.

10. This is mainly due to the sparsity of the literature that tackles Coalitional games

11. Ahoy! tackles such issues and provides a customizable, feature-packed, secure text editor

12. Testaverde later scrambled for 12 yards, breaking tackles with Steve Young-like dexterity.

13. • Canada's New Government Tackles Gun Crime by Introducing Bail Reform Admendments (News release, November 23, 2006)

14. Brisker capped off his debut FBS season with five tackles in the Cotton Bowl

15. The climb tackles the east face of the cliff's most imposing feature, the Monkey Face.

16. GA4GH’s Cram file format for genomic data compression tackles this challenge and helps facilitate global collaboration.

17. Synonyms for Armamentaria include equipments, apparatus, stuffs, tackles, gears, kits, paraphernalia, rigs, tools and appurtenances

18. There is a college football linebacker who blitzes, tackles, recovers fumbles while having one hand.

19. Wullschlager tackles the crucial but opaque question of Andersen's sexuality with tact, resisting psychoanalytic facilities.

20. Parts of pulley tackles and hoists (other than skip hoists), winches, capstans and jacks, n.e.s.

21. It looked a harsh decision, especially when the referee allowed late tackles to go unpunished.

22. Brian Dennehy, reprising his Broadway role, tackles Willy with bluster and a huge, bellowing presence bordering on apoplexy.

23. The book deals with the ABCs of HIV prevention and care and also tackles complex moral questions.

24. The book deals with the ABCs of HIV prevention and care and also tackles complex moral questions

25. The sail also has two sheets, two braces, two clewlines, four Buntlines and two reef tackles

26. Blockchain technology tackles the problem of digital trust by securely recording important information in a public space

27. Weale tackles this important question, but his analysis is weak, especially his analogies with today's environmentalist movement.

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29. Ship and cargo were presumably pulled by men and animals with ropes, tackles and possibly also capstans.

30. No one tackles its succession of hairpin bends unless they have to: it is a particularly dangerous stretch of road.

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34. Bowsing-in tackles are then rigged from the ship's side to another lug on the fall block and hauled taut

35. Centre John Devereux converted, with giant prop Mark Jones then brushing aside two tackles to crash over for the second try.

36. There were tackles which brought the Aberdeen support to their feet in acclamation, and aroused different emotions in the rest.

37. And even though Brisker has tallied 41 tackles and five pass break-ups in seven games this season, the safety isn’t satisfied.

38. Just like the authentic hAversacks used by colonial soldiers and troops around the world it tackles the daily grind with ease.

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40. Inevitably some fall by the wayside, but his success rate is surprisingly high considering the breadth of the repertoire he tackles.

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45. Wenger's side move the ball very quickly so good judgment and timing are vital. It's very easy to mistime tackles against them and impatience could be disastrous.

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