Antonyms for tackling
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : tak-ling |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtæk lɪŋ |
Definition of tackling
Origin :- mid-14c., "entangle, involve," from tackle (n.). Sense of "to furnish (a ship) with tackles" is from c.1400; meaning "to harness a horse" is recorded from 1714. The meaning "lay hold of, come to grips with, attack" is attested from 1828, described by Webster that year as "a common popular use of the word in New England, though not elegant;" figurative sense of "try to deal with" (a task or problem) is from 1840. The verb in the sporting sense first recorded 1867. Related: Tackled; tackling.
- verb make an effort
- verb jump on and grab
- He was tackling a delicate job—like juggling a car-load of dynamite.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
- Somehow it struck him that the law was hardly equal to tackling "that kind."
- Extract from : « Peak and Prairie » by Anna Fuller
- There was no difficulty at all in coming to the subject at once, and tackling it.
- Extract from : « Letters of Edward FitzGerald » by Edward FitzGerald
- If Marvin isn't satisfied with your tackling, it's because you don't do it right.
- Extract from : « Left End Edwards » by Ralph Henry Barbour
- And he rags me every day about my tackling and—and I don't think it's fair!
- Extract from : « Left End Edwards » by Ralph Henry Barbour
- Then I wish you'd stay out a few minutes and let me try to show you about tackling.
- Extract from : « Left End Edwards » by Ralph Henry Barbour
- To this day I wonder what kept me from tackling my father on the state of his soul.
- Extract from : « From a Cornish Window » by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
- Here we are coolly wasting our time and not tackling the real matter in hand.
- Extract from : « Virgin Soil » by Ivan S. Turgenev
- Why, they'd as soon think of tackling the late Mr. Peter Jackson.
- Extract from : « McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908. » by Various
- An old statute term for the tackling or furniture of a ship.
- Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
Synonyms for tackling
- accept
- apply oneself
- attack
- attempt
- bang away at
- begin
- block
- bring down
- bring to the ground
- catch
- challenge
- clutch
- come to grips with
- confront
- deal with
- devote oneself to
- down
- embark upon
- engage in
- essay
- give a try
- give a whirl
- go for it
- grapple
- grasp
- halt
- intercept
- launch
- make a run at
- nail
- pitch into
- put the freeze on
- sack
- seize
- set about
- smear
- square off
- start the ball rolling
- stop
- take
- take a shot at
- take hold of
- take in hand
- take on
- take up
- throw
- throw down
- try
- try on for size
- turn one's hand to
- turn to
- undertake
- upset
- work on
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