Tackler

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A player who tackles another.

    "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.""

  2. 2
    a football player who tackles the ball carrier wordnet
  3. 3
    A person who repairs weaving looms. British, dated

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"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.""

Etymology

From tackle + -er.

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