Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Gear; tackle.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That which is used to tackle with; anything that serves as tackle, or as part of a tackle; means of attaching one thing to another, as for hold, purchase, or draft: used of the rigging or the working parts of a ship, of the holding parts or the whole of a harness of any kind, of appliances for angling or other sport, of military equipments, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Naut.) Furniture of the masts and yards of a vessel, as cordage, sails, etc.
- noun Instruments of action.
- noun The straps and fixures adjusted to an animal, by which he draws a carriage, or the like; harness.
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- verb Present participle of
tackle .
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Examples
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Ultimately, success in tackling climate change depends upon it.
Ben Grossman-Cohen: The Year From Hell Ben Grossman-Cohen 2010
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Ultimately, success in tackling climate change depends upon it.
Ben Grossman-Cohen: The Year From Hell Ben Grossman-Cohen 2010
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David Pilling, 47, who was nicknamed “Robocop” for his efforts in tackling drugs, was found collapsed at his home in Camden earlier this year.
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Ultimately, success in tackling climate change depends upon it.
Ben Grossman-Cohen: The Year From Hell Ben Grossman-Cohen 2010
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Focusing national attention on childhood obesity is an important step in tackling the childhood obesity epidemic, but we must remember that the commitment lasts beyond National Childhood Obesity Awareness month.
Richard H. Carmona, M.D.: Childhood Obesity: Fighting for the Future Health of America's Youth M.D. Richard H. Carmona 2010
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Also, is no one interested in tackling my above argument for Constitutionality under the Due Process clause?
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I hope you (and other members of the board) are interested in tackling * this* perception issue.
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Deshpande saluted Joseph's fearlessness in tackling issues of caste head on.
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President Barack Obama said yesterday that the US is “ready to take the lead in tackling climate change, as EU leaders pushed him to follow their ambitious targets to combat global warming.”
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Focusing national attention on childhood obesity is an important step in tackling the childhood obesity epidemic, but we must remember that the commitment lasts beyond National Childhood Obesity Awareness month.
Richard H. Carmona, M.D.: Childhood Obesity: Fighting for the Future Health of America's Youth M.D. Richard H. Carmona 2010
bilby commented on the word tackling
To clear herself,
For sending him no aid, she came from Egypt.
Her galley down the silver Cydnus rowed,
The tackling silk, the streamers waved with gold;
The gentle winds were lodged in purple sails:
- John Dryden, 'All for Love'.
September 20, 2009