high tackle

noun

A dangerous form of tackling in which a player tackles above the shoulders.

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Meanings

nounhigh tackle (plural high tackles)

plural high tackles

  1. ball gamesA dangerous form of tackling in which a player tackles above the shoulders.

    The game was never going to be won by how good a team attacks, though, but with defence. When captain Kolisi was sin-binned for a high tackle, the Boks could've easily capitulated.

    2023 October 28, Leighton Koopman, “YES!!! The Springboks beat the All Blacks to win another Rugby World Cup title”, in Independent Online

Translations

Czech vysoká skládka
  • vysoká skládkaform of tackling
Finnish korkea taklaus
  • korkea taklausform of tackling
Cite this entry
APA

high tackle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/high%20tackle

MLA

“high tackle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/high%20tackle. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “high tackle,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/high%20tackle.

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