tackle
/ˈtæk·əl/ v [T] (KNOCK DOWN)Definition
› to catch and knock down someone who is running, esp. in the game of football: All four players were unable to tackle the quarterback before he scored a touchdown.
(Definition of tackle v (KNOCK DOWN) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
Browse the Dictionary
Browse the Thesaurus
More Results for “tackle”
Word of the Day
Blog
Read our blog about how the English language behaves.
New Words
Find words and meanings that have just started to be used in English, and let us know what you think of them.
