tack•leˈtæk əl; for 2-4 ˈteɪ kəl(n.; v.)-led, -ling.

1. (n.)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.

   Category: Building Trades

3. the gear and running rigging of a ship.

   Category: Nautical, Navy

4. an act of tackling, as in football.

5. either of the linemen stationed between a guard and an end in football.

   Category: Sport

6. (v.t.)to undertake to handle, master, solve, etc.:

   to tackle a problem.

7. to deal with (a person) on some problem, issue, etc.

8. to seize, stop, or throw down (a ballcarrier) in football.

   Category: Sport

9. to seize suddenly, esp. in order to stop.

   Category: Common Vocabulary

10. to harness (a horse).

11. (v.i.)to tackle a ballcarrier in football.

    Category: Sport

Origin of tackle:

1225–75; ME takel gear, apparatus < MLG; akin to take

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