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verbput a harness
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noungear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sails
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noungear used in fishing
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"I'll tackle this difficult task"verbaccept as a challenge
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"it takes a big man to play tackle"noun(American football) a position on the line of scrimmagetype of:
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noun(American football) grasping an opposing player with the intention of stopping by throwing to the groundtype of:
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verbseize and throw down an opponent player, who usually carries the ball
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"the right tackle is a straight A student"nounthe person who plays that position on a football teamtype of:
Definition that contains tackle
- ground throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage
- safety a score in American football; a player is tackled behind his own goal line
- crane lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis
- rack seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block
- derrick a simple crane having lifting tackle slung from a boom
- tackler a football player who tackles the ball carrier
- touch football a version of American football in which the ball carrier is touched rather than tackled
- greco-roman wrestling a style of wrestling where the wrestlers are forbidden to tackle or trip or use holds below the waist
- straight-arm (American football) the act of warding off a tackler by holding the arm fully extended with the hand against the opponent
- bowse haul with a tackle