Main Entry: ²tackle

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): tack·led; tack·ling \-k(ə-)liŋ\

Date: 1600

transitive verb 1 : to attach or secure with or as if with tackle
2 a : to seize, take hold of, or grapple with especially with the intention of stopping or subduing b : to seize and throw down or stop (an opposing player with the ball) in football
3 : to set about dealing with <tackle the problem>intransitive verb : to tackle an opposing player in football

— tack·ler \-k(ə-)lər\ noun