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tackle

(American football) grasping an opposing player with the intention of stopping by throwing to the ground

a position on the line of scrimmage; "it takes a big man to play tackle"

the person who plays that position on a football team; "the right tackle is a straight A student"

seize and throw down an opponent player, who usually carries the ball

Synonyms:

• accept,
• accouterments,
• amateur athlete,
• apparatus,
• appliances,
• appointments,
• approach,
• appurtenances,
• archer,
• armament,
• assume,
• athlete,
• attack,
• attempt,
• attend to,
• back band,
• backstrap,
• bag and baggage,
• baggage,
• ballplayer,
• baseballer,
• baseman,
• batter,
• battery,
• bearing rein,
• bellyband,
• bit,
• blinders,
• blinds,
• block,
• blocking back,
• bowman,
• breeching,
• bridle,
• buckle to,
• caparison,
• carry on,
• cat,
• catcher,
• cavesson,
• center,
• checkrein,
• cheekpiece,
• chinband,
• cinch,
• clobber,
• coach,
• collar,
• competitor,
• conduct,
• confront,
• consume,
• conveniences,
• cordage,
• cording,
• crab,
• crane,
• crank,
• crank in,
• cricketer,
• crownband,
• crupper,
• curb,
• deck tackle,
• defensive lineman,
• demolish,
• derrick,
• destroy,
• devour,
• differential tackle,
• dive into,
• do,
• draw in,
• draw taut,
• duffel,
• dunnage,
• embark in,
• embark upon,
• employ,
• end,
• endeavor,
• engage in,
• enter on,
• enter upon,
• equipage,
• equipment,
• erector,
• exercise,
• face,
• face up to,
• facilities,
• facility,
• fall,
• fall into,
• fall to,
• fall upon,
• fittings,
• fixtures,
• follow,
• footballer,
• forklift,
• furnishings,
• furniture,
• gag swivel,
• games-player,
• gamester,
• gantry crane,
• gear,
• get busy,
• get cracking,
• get going,
• get under way,
• get with it,
• girth,
• give a fling,
• give a go,
• give a try,
• give a whirl,
• go about,
• go at,
• go in for,
• go into,
• go to it,
• go upon,
• grapple with,
• guard,
• habiliments,
• hackamore,
• halter,
• hames,
• hametugs,
• harness,
• have at,
• headgear,
• headstall,
• hip straps,
• hoist,
• hop to it,
• hydraulic tailgate,
• impedimenta,
• infielder,
• installations,
• jack,
• jackscrew,
• jaquima,
• jerk line,
• jigger,
• jock,
• jump to it,
• jumper,
• kit,
• launch forth,
• launch into,
• lay about,
• lever,
• lift,
• lifter,
• light into,
• lineman,
• lines,
• luff,
• luggage,
• machinery,
• make a try,
• martingale,
• materiel,
• move into,
• munition,
• munitions,
• noseband,
• offensive lineman,
• outfield,
• outfielder,
• outfit,
• paraphernalia,
• pitch in,
• pitch into,
• plant,
• player,
• plumbing,
• plunge into,
• pole strap,
• poloist,
• practice,
• proceed to,
• professional athlete,
• prosecute,
• pugilist,
• pull in,
• pulley,
• purchase,
• pursue,
• quarterback,
• racer,
• reel,
• reel in,
• reins,
• ribbons,
• rig,
• rigging,
• ropework,
• roping,
• runner,
• running rigging,
• saddle,
• sail into,
• service,
• serving,
• set about,
• set at,
• set forward,
• set going,
• set to,
• set to work,
• shaft tug,
• sheave,
• side check,
• skater,
• snaffle,
• specialize in,
• sport,
• sportsman,
• stand up to,
• standing rigging,
• start in,
• stock-in-trade,
• surcingle,
• tack,
• tackling,
• tailback,
• take on,
• take to,
• take up,
• tauten,
• things,
• tighten,
• tools,
• toxophilite,
• trappings,
• traps,
• trim,
• tug,
• turn to,
• undertake,
• use,
• utensils,
• venture upon,
• wade into,
• wage,
• whipping,
• winch,
• wind in,
• windlass,
• wingback,
• winker braces,
• work at,
• wrestler,
• yoke