Crossword-Solution: TACKLE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Tackle | n. | Apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights, consisting of a rope and pulley blocks; sometimes, the rope and attachments, as distinct from the block. |
| Tackle | n. | Any instruments of action; an apparatus by which an object is moved or operated; gear; as, fishing tackle, hunting tackle; formerly, specifically, weapons. |
| Tackle | n. | The rigging and apparatus of a ship; also, any purchase where more than one block is used. |
| Tackle | n. | To supply with tackle. |
| Tackle | n. | To fasten or attach, as with a tackle; to harness; as, to tackle a horse into a coach or wagon. |
| Tackle | n. | To seize; to lay hold of; to grapple; as, a wrestler tackles his antagonist; a dog tackles the game. |
| Tackle | n. | To begin to deal with; as, to tackle the problem. |
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One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with TACKLE (5)
Begad! who was the bold man who dared to tackle you—eh?” Lord Tony tried to interpose, but had no time to do so, for the young Vicomte had already quickly stepped forward.
Douglass, who for a half century had been looked upon as the spokesman for his people, was too old to tackle the task of ending segregation and prejudice based on race.
Now don’t you see how I’m fixed? If you was to tackle this fence and anything was to happen to it—” “Oh, shucks, I’ll be just as careful.
They was plucky creturs; they would tackle one end of a lion that was being gnawed at the other end by another lion.
Towards that small and ghostly hour, he rose up from his chair, took a key out of his pocket, opened a locked cupboard, and brought forth a sack, a crowbar of convenient size, a rope and chain, and other fishing tackle of that nature.
Quotes with TACKLE (3)
Having solved all the major mathematical, physical, chemical, biological, sociological, philosophical, etymological, meteorological and psychological problems of the Universe except for his own, three times over, [Marvin] was severely stuck for something to do, and had taken up composing short dolorous ditties of no tone, or indeed tune. The latest one was a lullaby. Marvin droned, Now the world has gone to bed, Darkness won't engulf my head, I can see in infrared, He paused …
But then why do we write if not to tackle the fears that others look to us to conquer?
Never run from the enemy, tackle them
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Rock & Roll, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 51 times in crossword archives (1961–2024).