tackle
11tackle — index attack, endeavor, grapple, occupy (engage), ply, strive, try (attempt) …
12tackle — /tækl/, it. /tɛkl/ s. ingl. (propr. azione dell ostacolare ), usato in ital. al masch., invar. (sport.) [nel calcio, contrapposizione tra due giocatori che cercano di sottrarsi vicendevolmente il pallone: vincere il t. ] ▶◀ contrasto …
13tackle — /ingl. ˈtækəl/ [vc. ingl., letteralmente «affrontare, trattenere (un avversario)»] s. m. inv. (nel calcio) scontro, lotta, contrasto …
14tackle — n *equipment, apparatus, machinery, paraphernalia, outfit, gear, matériel …
15tackle — ► NOUN 1) the equipment required for a task or sport. 2) a mechanism consisting of ropes, pulley blocks, and hooks for lifting heavy objects. 3) the running rigging and pulleys used to work a boat s sails. 4) (in sport) an act of tackling an… …
16tackle — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 movement in sports ADJECTIVE ▪ hard, strong ▪ high ▪ Their captain was sent off for a high tackle on Cooper. ▪ bad, crunching …
17tackle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. pulley; gear, equipment, apparatus, instruments; luggage. v. t. grasp, grapple with; seize; address, attach; attempt, try, undertake. See undertaking, provision. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Equipment] Syn …
18tackle — [[t]tæ̱k(ə)l[/t]] ♦♦♦ tackles, tackling, tackled 1) VERB If you tackle a difficult problem or task, you deal with it in a very determined or efficient way. [V n] The first reason to tackle these problems is to save children s lives... [V n]… …
19tackle — 01. We might as well [tackle] the most difficult problems right now so that we can get them out of the way. 02. The player caught the pass, and then was [tackled] by the defense. 03. The young man was injured in a football game at school when he… …
20tackle — I UK [ˈtæk(ə)l] / US verb Word forms tackle : present tense I/you/we/they tackle he/she/it tackles present participle tackling past tense tackled past participle tackled ** 1) a) [transitive] to make an organized and determined attempt to deal… …
