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21tackle — {{11}}tackle (n.) mid 13c., apparatus, gear, from M.Du. or M.L.G. takel the rigging of a ship, perhaps related to M.Du. taken grasp, seize (see TAKE (Cf. take)), or perhaps from root of TACK (Cf. tack) (1). Meaning apparatus for fishing is… …
22tackle — n. & v. n. 1 equipment for a task or sport (fishing tackle). 2 a mechanism, esp. of ropes, pulley blocks, hooks, etc., for lifting weights, managing sails, etc. (block and tackle). 3 a windlass with its ropes and hooks. 4 an act of tackling in… …
23tackle — tack|le1 W3S3 [ˈtækəl] v 1.) [T] to try to deal with a difficult problem ▪ There is more than one way to tackle the problem. ▪ It took twelve fire engines to tackle the blaze . 2.) [I and T] a) to try to take the ball away from an opponent in a… …
24tackle — tack|le1 [ tækl ] verb ** 1. ) transitive to make an organized and determined attempt to deal with a problem, often a social problem such as crime or unemployment: Successive governments have failed to tackle the question of homelessness. a new… …
25tackle — I. noun Etymology: Middle English takel; akin to Middle Dutch takel ship s rigging Date: 13th century 1. a set of the equipment used in a particular activity ; gear < fishing tackle > 2. a. a ship s rigging b. an assemblage of ropes and pulleys… …
26tackle — the male genitalia Literally, equipment: He s certainly got the tackle. I saw him in the showers the other day. (Lodge, 1995) Also as marriage or wedding tackle, which does not refer to the buttonhole or morning coat, the veil, the… …
27tackle — 1. noun 1) fishing tackle Syn: gear, equipment, apparatus, kit, hardware; implements, instruments, accoutrements, paraphernalia, trappings, appurtenances; informal things, stuff, bits and pieces; archaic equipage 2) lifting tackle …
28tackle — tackler, n. /tak euhl/ or, for 2 4, /tay keuhl/, n., v., tackled, tackling. n. 1. equipment, apparatus, or gear, esp. for fishing: fishing tackle. 2. a mechanism or apparatus, as a rope and block or a combination of ropes and blocks, for hoisting …
29tackle — 1 verb 1 (T) to make a determined effort to deal with a difficult problem: It took twelve fire engines to tackle the blaze. 2 (T) to talk to someone in order to deal with a difficult problem: tackle sb about sth: When I tackled Didi about it, she …
30tackle — 1. noun 1) fishing tackle Syn: gear, equipment, apparatus, kit, hardware; informal things, clobber 2) a tackle by the scrum half Syn: interception, challenge, block, attack …
