"tackle" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈtækəl/, [ˈtʰækɫ̩] Audio: en-us-tackle.ogg [US] Forms: tackles [plural]
Rhymes: -ækəl Etymology: From Middle English takel (“gear, apparatus”), from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German takel (“ship's rigging”), perhaps related to Middle Dutch taken (“to grasp, seize”). Akin to Danish takkel (“tackle”), Swedish tackel (“tackle”). More at take. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|takel||gear, apparatus}} Middle English takel (“gear, apparatus”), {{der|en|dum|-}} Middle Dutch, {{der|en|gml|takel||ship's rigging}} Middle Low German takel (“ship's rigging”), {{cog|dum|taken||to grasp, seize}} Middle Dutch taken (“to grasp, seize”), {{cog|da|takkel||tackle}} Danish takkel (“tackle”), {{cog|sv|tackel||tackle}} Swedish tackel (“tackle”), {{l|en|take}} take Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} tackle (countable and uncountable, plural tackles)
  1. A device for grasping an object and an attached means of moving it, as a rope and hook. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-tackle-en-noun-jAE1myXa
  2. A block and tackle. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-tackle-en-noun-0~bZf0me
  3. (nautical, slang, uncountable) Clothing. Tags: slang, uncountable Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-tackle-en-noun-jaEOun7m Topics: nautical, transport
  4. (fishing, uncountable) Equipment (rod, reel, line, lure, etc.) used when angling. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Fishing, Tools Translations (fishing: angling gear): такъми (takǎmi) [masculine, plural] (Bulgarian), 釣具 (Chinese Mandarin), 钓具 (diàojù) (Chinese Mandarin), onkivehkeet [plural] (Finnish), aparello [masculine] (Galician), Angel (German), ribarski pribor (Serbo-Croatian), pribor za pecanje (Serbo-Croatian), equipo [masculine] (Spanish), aparejo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-tackle-en-noun-Or-u6vvw Disambiguation of Tools: 7 4 5 10 9 7 4 11 4 5 2 5 7 8 7 7 Topics: fishing, hobbies, lifestyle Disambiguation of 'fishing: angling gear': 1 5 2 52 13 5 4 5 5 5 2
  5. (uncountable, informal, by extension) Equipment, gear, gadgetry. Tags: broadly, informal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-tackle-en-noun-Cup2y3wv
  6. (sports, countable) A play where a player attempts to take control over the ball from an opponent, as in rugby or football. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Sports Translations (sports: attempt to take control over the ball): entrada [feminine] (Catalan), tackling [common-gender] (Danish), takling [common-gender] (Danish), tackle (Dutch), sliding (Dutch), takkling [feminine] (Faroese), taklaus (Finnish), tacle m plaquage [masculine] [rugby, ball-games, games, sports, hobbies, lifestyle] (French), entrada [feminine] (Galician), sachada [feminine] (Galician), Tackling [neuter] (German), szerelés (Hungarian), tackle [masculine] (Italian), placcaggio [masculine] (Italian), scivolata [feminine] (Italian), desarme [masculine] (Portuguese), entrada [masculine] (Spanish), tackling [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-tackle-en-noun-NbgKHDGY Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'sports: attempt to take control over the ball': 1 2 4 5 0 44 10 4 13 13 3
  7. (rugby, American football, countable) A play where a defender brings the ball carrier to the ground. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Football (American), Rugby Translations (American football, rugby: play where a defender brings the ball carrier to the ground): placatge [masculine] (Catalan), skládka [feminine] (Czech), taklaus (Finnish), placcaggio [masculine] (Italian), tacleada [feminine] (Spanish), placaje [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-tackle-en-noun-ethTehwj Topics: American-football, ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, rugby, sports Disambiguation of 'American football, rugby: play where a defender brings the ball carrier to the ground': 1 2 3 4 0 17 32 4 17 18 3
  8. (countable) Any instance in which one person intercepts another and forces them to the ground. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Tools Translations (instance of forcing another person to the ground): taklaus (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-tackle-en-noun-wH1FZedv Disambiguation of Tools: 7 4 5 10 9 7 4 11 4 5 2 5 7 8 7 7 Disambiguation of 'instance of forcing another person to the ground': 2 2 2 4 0 5 11 44 14 15 1
  9. (American football) An offensive line position between a guard and an end: offensive tackle; a person playing that position. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Football (American) Translations (American football: person playing offensive tackle): hyökkäävä linjamies (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-tackle-en-noun-7NpWO272 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 2 6 5 0 9 8 4 11 12 5 7 9 3 10 7 Topics: American-football, ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'American football: person playing offensive tackle': 1 1 3 4 0 9 14 7 35 23 2
  10. (American football) A defensive position between two defensive ends: defensive tackle; a person playing that position. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Football (American) Translations (American football: person playing defensive tackle): puolustava linjamies (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-tackle-en-noun-rNLIHOAy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 2 6 5 0 9 8 4 11 12 5 7 9 3 10 7 Topics: American-football, ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'American football: person playing defensive tackle': 1 1 3 4 0 9 14 7 22 35 2
  11. (slang) A man's genitalia. Tags: countable, slang, uncountable Categories (topical): Genitalia Synonyms: wedding tackle
    Sense id: en-tackle-en-noun-iX7tIx-L Disambiguation of Genitalia: 1 6 3 3 0 6 5 3 7 7 38 5 5 2 5 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈtækəl/, [ˈtʰækɫ̩] Audio: en-us-tackle.ogg [US] Forms: tackles [present, singular, third-person], tackling [participle, present], tackled [participle, past], tackled [past]
Rhymes: -ækəl Etymology: From Middle English takel (“gear, apparatus”), from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German takel (“ship's rigging”), perhaps related to Middle Dutch taken (“to grasp, seize”). Akin to Danish takkel (“tackle”), Swedish tackel (“tackle”). More at take. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|takel||gear, apparatus}} Middle English takel (“gear, apparatus”), {{der|en|dum|-}} Middle Dutch, {{der|en|gml|takel||ship's rigging}} Middle Low German takel (“ship's rigging”), {{cog|dum|taken||to grasp, seize}} Middle Dutch taken (“to grasp, seize”), {{cog|da|takkel||tackle}} Danish takkel (“tackle”), {{cog|sv|tackel||tackle}} Swedish tackel (“tackle”), {{l|en|take}} take Head templates: {{en-verb}} tackle (third-person singular simple present tackles, present participle tackling, simple past and past participle tackled)
  1. 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. Translations (to force a person to the ground with the weight of one's own body): földre szorít (Hungarian), placar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-tackle-en-verb-tjNZXIfG Disambiguation of "to force a person to the ground with the weight of one's own body": 65 4 2 8 22
  2. To face or deal with, attempting to overcome or fight down. Translations (to face or deal with): عَالَجَ (ʕālaja) (Arabic), справям се (spravjam se) (Bulgarian), aanpakken (Dutch), käydä käsiksi (english: a task, challenge etc.) (Finnish), torjua (note: a negative phenomenon, like crime or poverty) (Finnish), combattre (French), affronter (French), afrontar (Galician), aplacar (Galician), abordar (Galician), combater (Galician), შებრძოლება (šebrʒoleba) (Georgian), in Angriff nehmen (German), angehen (German), αντιμετωπίζω (antimetopízo) (Greek), megküzd (Hungarian), megbirkózik (Hungarian), affrontare (Italian), contrastare (Italian), се спра́ви (se správi) (Macedonian), zmagać się (Polish), radzić sobie (Polish), stawiać czoła (Polish), enfrentar (Portuguese), combater (Portuguese), преодолева́ть (preodolevátʹ) (Russian), боро́ться (borótʹsja) (Russian), prionuti (Serbo-Croatian), latiti se (Serbo-Croatian), afrontar (Spanish), abordar (Spanish), emprender (Spanish), atajar (Spanish), angripa (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-tackle-en-verb--Bn8eqlp Disambiguation of 'to face or deal with': 2 90 5 1 2
  3. (sports) To attempt to take away a ball. Categories (topical): Sports Translations (sports: to attempt to take away a ball): 鏟球 (Chinese Mandarin), 铲球 (chǎnqiú) (Chinese Mandarin), takla (Cornish), takkla (Faroese), taklata (Finnish), tacler (French), entrar (Galician), sachar (Galician), entrar [soccer, ball-games, games, sports, hobbies, lifestyle] (Spanish), taclear [American-football, football, ball-games, games, sports, hobbies, lifestyle] (Spanish), placar (Spanish), tackla (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-tackle-en-verb-VDhoKfoi Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'sports: to attempt to take away a ball': 2 5 82 8 2
  4. (rugby, American football) To bring a ball carrier to the ground. Categories (topical): Football (American), Rugby Translations (rugby, American football: to bring a ball carrier to the ground): placar (Catalan), složit (Czech), taklata (Finnish), plaquer (French), szerel (Hungarian), rutu (Maori), placar (Spanish), taclear (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-tackle-en-verb-w-dvT1cm Topics: American-football, ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, rugby, sports Disambiguation of 'rugby, American football: to bring a ball carrier to the ground': 10 7 8 63 12
  5. (Singapore, colloquial) To "hit on" or pursue a person that one is interested in. Tags: Singapore, colloquial
    Sense id: en-tackle-en-verb-XeZ5--Gk Categories (other): Singapore English

Verb [French]

Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-tackle.wav
Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} tackle
  1. inflection of tackler:
    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person
    Sense id: en-tackle-fr-verb-ZSXwb4md Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 73 27
  2. inflection of tackler:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular
    Sense id: en-tackle-fr-verb-RiSqX64t

Noun [Spanish]

IPA: /ˈtakle/, [ˈt̪a.kle] Forms: tackles [plural]
Rhymes: -akle Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from English tackle. Etymology templates: {{ubor|es|en|tackle}} Unadapted borrowing from English tackle Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} tackle m (plural tackles)
  1. (sports) tackle Wikipedia link: Royal Spanish Academy Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Sports
    Sense id: en-tackle-es-noun-zqs4pb6l Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Inflected forms

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          "text": "2004 June 24–30, \"Jeff Gordon Never Gets Tired Of Seeing Face On Cheap Plastic Crap\", The Onion, available in Embedded in America, →ISBN, page 193,\n... an illuminated license-plate frame bearing his likeness, signature, and yellow number 24. \"That there's a real nice piece of tackle. ...\""
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          "ref": "2000 June 7, Kor Kian Beng, “What's the best way to tackle girls? Sing”, in The New Paper, page 15",
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          "type": "quotation"
        },
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          "ref": "2009, Z Master, General Tips about Life",
          "text": "Now, now, I know you guys are being excited but remember, your feelings play the most important role to tackle a girl.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2014, The Newsroom, archived from the original on 2016-03-05",
          "text": "Kenneth Ma claims his secret to tackling girls lies in his new and improved skin condition.",
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      "word": "tackle fall"
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      "word": "tackle football"
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      "word": "tackle for loss"
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      "word": "tackle house"
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      "word": "tackle porter"
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      "word": "tackle-porter"
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      "word": "tackle twill"
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          "text": "2004 June 24–30, \"Jeff Gordon Never Gets Tired Of Seeing Face On Cheap Plastic Crap\", The Onion, available in Embedded in America, →ISBN, page 193,\n... an illuminated license-plate frame bearing his likeness, signature, and yellow number 24. \"That there's a real nice piece of tackle. ...\""
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        "Equipment, gear, gadgetry."
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        [
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          "gear",
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          "gadgetry",
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        "(uncountable, informal, by extension) Equipment, gear, gadgetry."
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        "broadly",
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      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
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          "rugby",
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        "(sports, countable) A play where a player attempts to take control over the ball from an opponent, as in rugby or football."
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        "countable"
      ],
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        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
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        "A play where a defender brings the ball carrier to the ground."
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        [
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          "American football",
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        "countable"
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        "Any instance in which one person intercepts another and forces them to the ground."
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        "countable"
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        "A defensive position between two defensive ends: defensive tackle; a person playing that position."
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          "American football",
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          "end",
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        "(American football) A defensive position between two defensive ends: defensive tackle; a person playing that position."
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      "categories": [
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      "glosses": [
        "A man's genitalia."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) A man's genitalia."
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        {
          "word": "wedding tackle"
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        "countable",
        "slang",
        "uncountable"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtækəl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈtʰækɫ̩]"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ækəl"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "takǎmi",
      "sense": "fishing: angling gear",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "такъми"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "fishing: angling gear",
      "word": "釣具"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "diàojù",
      "sense": "fishing: angling gear",
      "word": "钓具"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fishing: angling gear",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "onkivehkeet"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "fishing: angling gear",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aparello"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fishing: angling gear",
      "word": "Angel"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "fishing: angling gear",
      "word": "ribarski pribor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "fishing: angling gear",
      "word": "pribor za pecanje"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fishing: angling gear",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "equipo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fishing: angling gear",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aparejo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "sports: attempt to take control over the ball",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "entrada"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "sports: attempt to take control over the ball",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tackling"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "sports: attempt to take control over the ball",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "takling"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "sports: attempt to take control over the ball",
      "word": "tackle"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "sports: attempt to take control over the ball",
      "word": "sliding"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "sports: attempt to take control over the ball",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "takkling"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sports: attempt to take control over the ball",
      "word": "taklaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "sports: attempt to take control over the ball",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "rugby",
        "ball-games",
        "games",
        "sports",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "tacle m plaquage"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "sports: attempt to take control over the ball",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "entrada"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "sports: attempt to take control over the ball",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sachada"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sports: attempt to take control over the ball",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Tackling"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "sports: attempt to take control over the ball",
      "word": "szerelés"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "sports: attempt to take control over the ball",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tackle"
    },
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "sports: attempt to take control over the ball",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "placcaggio"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "sports: attempt to take control over the ball",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "scivolata"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "sports: attempt to take control over the ball",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "desarme"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sports: attempt to take control over the ball",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "entrada"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sports: attempt to take control over the ball",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tackling"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "American football, rugby: play where a defender brings the ball carrier to the ground",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "placatge"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "American football, rugby: play where a defender brings the ball carrier to the ground",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "skládka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "American football, rugby: play where a defender brings the ball carrier to the ground",
      "word": "taklaus"
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "tacleada"
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      "word": "placaje"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "instance of forcing another person to the ground",
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "American football: person playing offensive tackle",
      "word": "hyökkäävä linjamies"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "American football: person playing defensive tackle",
      "word": "puolustava linjamies"
    }
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}

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      "name": "inh"
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      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The government's measures to tackle crime were insufficient.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1959 May, “Talking of Trains: Bethnal Green alterations”, in Trains Illustrated, page 236",
          "text": "The work on Bridge 22, over Hemming Street, is being tackled first; it was started in January and should be finished by Whitsun.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, page 148",
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        }
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        "To attempt to take away a ball."
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        "(sports) To attempt to take away a ball."
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        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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        "en:Rugby"
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      ],
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        "sports"
      ]
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      "categories": [
        "English colloquialisms",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2000 June 7, Kor Kian Beng, “What's the best way to tackle girls? Sing”, in The New Paper, page 15",
          "text": "\"Singing is the oldest, most effective and productive way to tackle girls,\" asserted the 37-year-old, affectionately known as Ah Guan at Tan Chang Ren Music Station.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Other Malay Ghosts",
          "text": "It takes the form of a beautiful lady and tackles young and handsome men.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Z Master, General Tips about Life",
          "text": "Now, now, I know you guys are being excited but remember, your feelings play the most important role to tackle a girl.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, The Newsroom, archived from the original on 2016-03-05",
          "text": "Kenneth Ma claims his secret to tackling girls lies in his new and improved skin condition.",
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to force a person to the ground with the weight of one's own body",
      "word": "földre szorít"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to force a person to the ground with the weight of one's own body",
      "word": "placar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕālaja",
      "sense": "to face or deal with",
      "word": "عَالَجَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "spravjam se",
      "sense": "to face or deal with",
      "word": "справям се"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "to face or deal with",
      "word": "aanpakken"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "a task, challenge etc.",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to face or deal with",
      "word": "käydä käsiksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "note": "a negative phenomenon, like crime or poverty",
      "sense": "to face or deal with",
      "word": "torjua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to face or deal with",
      "word": "combattre"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to face or deal with",
      "word": "affronter"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to face or deal with",
      "word": "afrontar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to face or deal with",
      "word": "aplacar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to face or deal with",
      "word": "abordar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to face or deal with",
      "word": "combater"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šebrʒoleba",
      "sense": "to face or deal with",
      "word": "შებრძოლება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to face or deal with",
      "word": "in Angriff nehmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to face or deal with",
      "word": "angehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "antimetopízo",
      "sense": "to face or deal with",
      "word": "αντιμετωπίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to face or deal with",
      "word": "megküzd"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to face or deal with",
      "word": "megbirkózik"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to face or deal with",
      "word": "affrontare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to face or deal with",
      "word": "contrastare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "se správi",
      "sense": "to face or deal with",
      "word": "се спра́ви"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to face or deal with",
      "word": "zmagać się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to face or deal with",
      "word": "radzić sobie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to face or deal with",
      "word": "stawiać czoła"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to face or deal with",
      "word": "enfrentar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to face or deal with",
      "word": "combater"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "preodolevátʹ",
      "sense": "to face or deal with",
      "word": "преодолева́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "borótʹsja",
      "sense": "to face or deal with",
      "word": "боро́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to face or deal with",
      "word": "prionuti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to face or deal with",
      "word": "latiti se"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to face or deal with",
      "word": "afrontar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to face or deal with",
      "word": "abordar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to face or deal with",
      "word": "emprender"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to face or deal with",
      "word": "atajar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to face or deal with",
      "word": "angripa"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "sports: to attempt to take away a ball",
      "word": "鏟球"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chǎnqiú",
      "sense": "sports: to attempt to take away a ball",
      "word": "铲球"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "sports: to attempt to take away a ball",
      "word": "takla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "sports: to attempt to take away a ball",
      "word": "takkla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sports: to attempt to take away a ball",
      "word": "taklata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "sports: to attempt to take away a ball",
      "word": "tacler"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "sports: to attempt to take away a ball",
      "word": "entrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "sports: to attempt to take away a ball",
      "word": "sachar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sports: to attempt to take away a ball",
      "topics": [
        "soccer",
        "ball-games",
        "games",
        "sports",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "entrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sports: to attempt to take away a ball",
      "topics": [
        "American-football",
        "football",
        "ball-games",
        "games",
        "sports",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "taclear"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sports: to attempt to take away a ball",
      "word": "placar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sports: to attempt to take away a ball",
      "word": "tackla"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "rugby, American football: to bring a ball carrier to the ground",
      "word": "placar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "rugby, American football: to bring a ball carrier to the ground",
      "word": "složit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rugby, American football: to bring a ball carrier to the ground",
      "word": "taklata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "rugby, American football: to bring a ball carrier to the ground",
      "word": "plaquer"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "rugby, American football: to bring a ball carrier to the ground",
      "word": "szerel"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "rugby, American football: to bring a ball carrier to the ground",
      "word": "rutu"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "rugby, American football: to bring a ball carrier to the ground",
      "word": "placar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "rugby, American football: to bring a ball carrier to the ground",
      "word": "taclear"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tackle"
}

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  "categories": [
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French non-lemma forms",
    "French terms spelled with K",
    "French terms with audio links",
    "French terms with homophones",
    "French verb forms"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "tackle",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of tackler:",
        "first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tackler",
          "tackler#French"
        ]
      ],
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
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        "second-person singular imperative"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tackler",
          "tackler#French"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "homophone": "tacklent"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "tackles"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "tacle"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "tacles"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-tackle.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/17/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lyoko%C3%AF-tackle.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lyoko%C3%AF-tackle.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/17/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lyoko%C3%AF-tackle.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lyoko%C3%AF-tackle.wav.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tackle"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "tackle"
      },
      "expansion": "Unadapted borrowing from English tackle",
      "name": "ubor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unadapted borrowing from English tackle.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tackles",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "tackle m (plural tackles)",
      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Rhymes:Spanish/akle",
        "Rhymes:Spanish/akle/2 syllables",
        "Spanish 2-syllable words",
        "Spanish countable nouns",
        "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Spanish lemmas",
        "Spanish masculine nouns",
        "Spanish nouns",
        "Spanish terms borrowed from English",
        "Spanish terms derived from English",
        "Spanish terms spelled with K",
        "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Spanish unadapted borrowings from English",
        "es:Sports"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tackle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "tackle",
          "tackle#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sports) tackle"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Royal Spanish Academy"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtakle/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪a.kle]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-akle"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tackle"
}

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