tackler

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English

Etymology

From tackle +‎ -er.

Noun

tackler (plural tacklers)

  1. (sports) A player who tackles another.
    • 1960 December 5, “Artful Dodgers”, in Time:
      When frustrated tacklers finally do catch up with him, Arnett knows how to take his lumps. "If I hit the ground tensely, rigidly, and two tons of angry linemen landed on top of me, they'd break every bone in my body."
    • 2007, Bob Swope, Youth Football Drills and Plays Handbook, page 29:
      The ball carrier can be with or without a football. For the “Head-On” tackle have the “Ball Carrier” stand right in front of the pit and face the tackler.
  2. (weaving, dated, British) A person who repairs weaving looms.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ta.kle/
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Verb

tackler

  1. Alternative spelling of tacler

Conjugation