- present participle of tackle.
tackling
Americannoun
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tacklings
plural
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Etymology
Origin of tackling
late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; see origin at tackle, -ing 1
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Downing Street said the leaders would also focus on tackling the "emerging use of mega dinghies", or larger more powerful boats bringing irregular migrants to England's south coast.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
It can be tempting to launch straight into tackling the hardest task first.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Top officials in the Trump administration have taken the wraps off a plan for tackling the federal government’s persistent deficits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent promised skittish bond investors earlier this month that the White House would roll out a new plan for tackling the federal government’s persistent deficit within days.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
Instead of capturing Flux in the camera’s flash, Sheed caught that Clock Watcher, who froze, still airborne in her tackling pose.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
Betwixt the hollow hanging of a hill, And crooked bending of a craggy rock, The sails wrapt up, the mast and tacklings down, She lies so close that none can find her out.
From Tamburlaine the Great — Part 2 by Christopher Marlowe
Her shroudes are torne to pieces & her tacklings to raggs.
From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 by A. H. (Arthur Henry) Bullen
Then before school was out, he took off all the tacklings, and scattered the logs along the shore, so that they had the appearance of having drifted there in the night.
From Rod of the Lone Patrol by H. A. (Hiram Alfred) Cody
As from an unreal world Glaucon—whilst he lay—saw the lights of the scattered ships, heard the clank of chains, the rattling of tacklings.
From A Victor of Salamis by William Stearns Davis
But as soon as I got word what happened I bade Ralph to put the tacklings on the ass.
From New Irish Comedies by Lady Gregory
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