tackler

English

Etymology

From tackle +‎ -er.

Noun

tackler (plural tacklers)

1. (sports) A player who tackles another.
   • 1960 December 5, “Artful Dodgers”, in Time:

     When frustrated tacklers finally do catch up with him, Arnett knows how to take his lumps. "If I hit the ground tensely, rigidly, and two tons of angry linemen landed on top of me, they'd break every bone in my body."

   • 2007, Bob Swope, Youth Football Drills and Plays Handbook, page 29:

     The ball carrier can be with or without a football. For the “Head-On” tackle have the “Ball Carrier” stand right in front of the pit and face the tackler.

2. (weaving, dated, British) A person who repairs weaving looms.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.kle/

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Verb

tackler

1. Alternative spelling of tacler

Conjugation

Conjugation of tackler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	tackler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	tacklant /ta.klɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		tacklé /ta.kle/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	tackle /takl/	tackles /takl/	tackle /takl/	tacklons /ta.klɔ̃/	tacklez /ta.kle/	tacklent /takl/
	imperfect	tacklais /ta.klɛ/	tacklais /ta.klɛ/	tacklait /ta.klɛ/	tacklions /ta.kli.jɔ̃/	tackliez /ta.kli.je/	tacklaient /ta.klɛ/
	past historic2	tacklai /ta.kle/	tacklas /ta.kla/	tackla /ta.kla/	tacklâmes /ta.klam/	tacklâtes /ta.klat/	tacklèrent /ta.klɛʁ/
	future	tacklerai /ta.klə.ʁe/	tackleras /ta.klə.ʁa/	tacklera /ta.klə.ʁa/	tacklerons /ta.klə.ʁɔ̃/	tacklerez /ta.klə.ʁe/	tackleront /ta.klə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	tacklerais /ta.klə.ʁɛ/	tacklerais /ta.klə.ʁɛ/	tacklerait /ta.klə.ʁɛ/	tacklerions /ta.klə.ʁjɔ̃/	tackleriez /ta.klə.ʁje/	tackleraient /ta.klə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	tackle /takl/	tackles /takl/	tackle /takl/	tacklions /ta.kli.jɔ̃/	tackliez /ta.kli.je/	tacklent /takl/
	imperfect2	tacklasse /ta.klas/	tacklasses /ta.klas/	tacklât /ta.kla/	tacklassions /ta.kla.sjɔ̃/	tacklassiez /ta.kla.sje/	tacklassent /ta.klas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	tackle /takl/	—	tacklons /ta.klɔ̃/	tacklez /ta.kle/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).