Usually means: Address a problem or opponent.
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We found 42 dictionaries that define the word tackle:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. tackle: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. tackle: Merriam-Webster
  3. tackle: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. tackle: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. tackle: Collins English Dictionary
  6. tackle: Vocabulary.com
  7. Tackle, tackle: Wordnik
  8. tackle: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. tackle: Wiktionary
  10. tackle: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. tackle: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. tackle: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. tackle: Dictionary.com
  14. tackle (n.), tackle (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. tackle: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Tackle (American and Canadian football), Tackle (American football), Tackle (Australian rules football), Tackle (football move), Tackle (gridiron football position), Tackle, The Tackle: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Tackle: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. tackle: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. tackle: Rhymezone
  20. tackle: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. tackle: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. TACKLE: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  23. tackle: FreeDictionary.org
  24. tackle: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. tackle: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Tackle (football), tackle: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Tackle (football), tackle: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Tackle (football), tackle: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tackle: Idioms

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. tackle, tackle, tackle: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. tackle: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. The Tackle: Urban Dictionary

Sports (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Football Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Sports Terms (No longer online)
  3. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  4. Tackle: Sports Definitions

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Chemical Fact Sheet (No longer online)
  2. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  3. Tackle, Tackle: Latitude Mexico

(Note: See tackled as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A device for grasping an object and an attached means of moving it, as a rope and hook.
noun:  A block and tackle.
noun:  (nautical, slang, uncountable) Clothing.
noun:  (fishing, uncountable) Equipment (rod, reel, line, lure, etc.) used when angling.
noun:  (uncountable, informal, by extension) Equipment, gear, gadgetry.
noun:  (sports, countable) A play where a player attempts to take control over the ball from an opponent, as in rugby or football.
noun:  (rugby, American football, countable) A play where a defender brings the ball carrier to the ground.
noun:  (countable) Any instance in which one person intercepts another and forces them to the ground.
noun:  (American football) An offensive line position between a guard and an end: offensive tackle; a person playing that position.
noun:  (American football) A defensive position between two defensive ends: defensive tackle; a person playing that position.
noun:  (slang) The penis.
verb:  To force a person to the ground with the weight of one's own body, usually by jumping on top or slamming one's weight into them.
verb:  To face or deal with, attempting to overcome or fight down.
verb:  (sports) To attempt to take away a ball.
verb:  (rugby, American football) To bring a ball carrier to the ground.
verb:  (Singapore, colloquial) To "hit on" or pursue a person that one is interested in.

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