Meanings
- colloquialhumorousuncountableThe penis.
The poor guy even got painfully kicked in the groin, or the "wedding tackle" — as it was called on the Mike & Mike show.
2013 November 26, Maureen Dowd, “Pigskin Pride and Prejudice”, in New York Times, retrieved 11 Jul 20201 more example
This is a coy way of describing a bulbous false proboscis that makes Tom Mannion's visage look, shall we say, very well-hung. As a cubist caprice, Dame Nature here seems to have stationed his wedding tackle between his eyes.
1992 September 26, Paul Taylor, “Theatre: Who're you looking at, Jacques?: Communicado's Glaswegian production of Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac”, in Independent, UK, retrieved 11 Jul 2020Synonyms: male genitalia
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe penis.
Origin
Likely from the fishing-related sense of tackle, as though a man can use it to reel in a woman.
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wedding tackle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wedding%20tackle
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