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# tackle

verb (tackle, tackles, tackled, tackling); noun (a tackle, tackles; tackle — uncountable for equipment)

«tackle» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To try to take the ball from a player, or to bring a player to the ground, in games like football, rugby and hockey. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tackle/#m1)
2. To start dealing with a problem or a hard job: tackle your homework. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tackle/#m2)
3. As an uncountable noun, tackle is the equipment for a sport, especially fishing tackle (rods, lines, hooks). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tackle/#m3)
4. To grab and stop someone, for example a police officer tackles a thief. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tackle/#m4)

### In the lessons

In sport and PE, a tackle is a move to win the ball; a fair tackle goes for the ball, not the player's legs, so nobody gets hurt. In school and everyday life, we "tackle" a problem step by step: tackle the hardest question first, tackle the mess in your room. In stories, a hero tackles a robber. Phrases: "tackle a problem", "a fair tackle", "a sliding tackle", "fishing tackle", "tackle box".

### Examples

- The defender made a clean tackle and won the ball. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tackle/#x1)
- In rugby you may only tackle the player who has the ball. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tackle/#x2)
- Let's tackle the maths homework before dinner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tackle/#x3)
- We need to tackle the litter problem at our school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tackle/#x4)
- Grandpa keeps his fishing tackle in the shed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tackle/#x5)
- The police officer tackled the man and stopped him. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tackle/#x6)
- She tackled the hardest puzzle first. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tackle/#x7)
- A late tackle can hurt someone, so the referee blew the whistle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tackle/#x8)

### Note

Tackle can be a verb or a noun. As equipment ("fishing tackle") it is uncountable: not "a fishing tackle". In American football and rugby a tackle means bringing a player down; in soccer it means taking the ball with your feet. Using "tackle" for problems is common and polite: "How shall we tackle this?"

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «tackle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tackle/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«tackle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tackle.html) on Mova free.