Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tap-tackle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.91 in modern English

Syllables: tap--tack-le
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tackle made from behind the running ball-carrier, where the tackler dives to touch the player's ankle and trips him up.

verb

to tackle with a tap-tackle

Example Sentences

"France's own stand-in stand-off Trinh-Duc missed with a drop-goal when well set but then set off on a curving run through a scattered defensive line which carried him deep into enemy territory until Weepu's desperate tap-tackle finally brought him down."
"Farrell drilled home a 46-metre penalty and should have had another when Pollard, attempting to jink his way out of defence, was tap-tackled by Anthony Watson and penalised for not releasing."

Inflected Forms

tap-tackles (plural) tap tackle (alternative) tap-tackles (present, singular) tap-tackling (participle, present) tap-tackled (participle, past) tap-tackled (past)

Synonyms

ankle tap

Questions

What does tap-tackle mean?: A tackle made from behind the running ball-carrier, where the tackler dives to touch the player's ankle and trips him up.

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