tackling

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noun

The process by which something is tackled or dealt with.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of tackle
nountackling (plural tacklings)

plural tacklings

  1. The process by which something is tackled or dealt with.

    His struggle with the Church ended in his voyage to Canossa; his tacklings of the problems of industrialism may be said to have reached their high-water mark when, thirty years before this country even approached the problem, […]

    1915, Ford Madox Ford, When Blood is Their Argument: An Analysis of Prussian Culture
  2. nauticalThe tackle of a vessel.
  3. The harness for drawing a carriage.
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APA

tackling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tackling

MLA

“tackling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tackling. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tackling,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tackling.

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