What does tackle mean?
Word: Tackle
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Tackle means to make a firm effort to deal with a hard problem or job. In football and hockey, it also means to try to take the ball from another player.
Synonyms: handle
Antonyms: avoid
How do you spell tackle?
Syllables: tack - le
Tricky part: The k sound is spelt with a c and a k together. Leave one of them out and you get takle or tacle.
Watch out for: takle, tacle
Memory tip: In a football match two players go for the ball at once; the c and the k go in together in just that way.
Tackle in a sentence
Example 1: Our team has to tackle the science project this weekend.
Example 2: Dadi told us to tackle the hardest sum first.
Example 3: Aman ran in to tackle the striker and won the ball back cleanly.
Fun Fact
As a noun, the same word also names the equipment for a sport, so a box of hooks, lines and floats is called fishing tackle.
Practise the CREST Way
Jumble Tumble
Choose the correct sequence of the jumbled letters to form a meaningful word:
etkacl 123456
a) 245361
b) 315642
c) 264153
d) 512364
Show answer
a) 245361. These positions put the six letters in the right order for the word meaning to deal with a hard job.
Spellacadabra
Choose the option in which the following letters will fit in the given order:
a, e
a) b_ckl_
b) tr_ckl_
c) p_ckl_
d) t_ckl_
Show answer
d) t_ckl_. With a and then e, only t_ckl_ makes a real word; the others need an i or a u.
Spell Spies
Choose the pair which has a spelling error:
a) carry : carried
b) clap : claped
c) bake : baked
d) tackle : tackled
Show answer
b) clap : claped. Clap doubles its p before ed, so the past form is clapped.
Word Champ
In which option are the given words arranged in alphabetical order?
1. tackle 2. tablet 3. tadpole
a) 312
b) 132
c) 213
d) 231
Show answer
c) 213. All three start with ta, so the third letter decides: b, then c, then d.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. If you tackle a messy cupboard, what do you do?
a) buy a bigger one
b) start clearing it out
c) shut its door tightly
d) walk straight past it
Show answer
b) start clearing it out
2. In which of these games might one player tackle another?
a) badminton
b) chess
c) carrom
d) rugby
Show answer
d) rugby
