tacklre - See: FLYING TACKLE

tacklre - n. & v.
--n.

1 equipment for a task or sport (fishing-tackle).
2 a mechanism, esp. of ropes, pulley-blocks, hooks, etc., for lifting weights, managing sails, etc. (block and tackle).
3 a windlass with its ropes and hooks.
4 an act of tackling in football etc.
5 Amer. Football a the position next to the end of the forward line. b the player in this position.

--v.

tr.
1 try to deal with (a problem or difficulty).
2 grapple with or try to overcome (an opponent).
3 enter into discussion with.
4 obstruct, intercept, or seize and stop (a player running with the ball).
5 secure by means of tackle.

tackle-block a pulley over which a rope runs. tackle-fall a rope for applying force to the blocks of a tackle.

tackler n. tackling n. [ME, prob. f. MLG takel f. taken lay hold of]

tacklre - See: GET DOWN TO BRASS TACKS, GO SIT ON A TACK, SHARP AS A TACK.

tacklre - {v. phr.} To append; add. * /We were about to sign the contract when we discovered that the lawyer had tacked on a codicil that was not acceptable to us./

tacklre - See: FLYING TACKLE

tacklre - noun
(Lifestyle and Leisure ) In slang: gaudy or shoddy material, rubbish, 'tat'; also, cheap-and-nastiness, kitsch. Etymology: Formed by abbreviating the adjective tacky 'cheap and nasty, vulgar' (itself a piece of US slang which dates from the nineteenth century ). History and Usage: A media word of the second half of the eighties, especially beloved of arts critics, who also like to use the punning form hi(gh)-tack (see high-tech ). The king of cinematic trash and tack turns his attentions to the written word. Arena Autumn/Winter 1988, p.
198 Clubbers would turn up wearing exceptionally 'high tack' smiley-faced T-shirts. Q Oct. 1988, p.
66 There's no point in being snooty about hi-tack shows of this sort. We may as well admit that they have an elemental pull on our psyche and submit gracefully. Time Out 4 Apr. 1990, p.
54 Leonard Cohen presents the tale of 'Elvis's Rolls Royce' in a lugubrious deadpan that effortlessly conveys all the sleaze, tack and warped majesty of the subject. Independent 13 July 1990, p. 15