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nontackle

nontackle adjective: not involving tackles.

Adjective

nontackle (not comparable)

  1. Not involving tackles.
    • Collin Link, now 12, is back to training and sports, including a nontackle form of football.2008 February 18, Gina Kolata, “A Big-Time Injury Striking Little Players’ Knees”, in New York Times

Origin of nontackle

From non- + tackle.

Questions about nontackle

What does nontackle mean?
Nontackle means not involving tackles.
What part of speech is nontackle?
Nontackle is an adjective.

Words near nontackle in the dictionary

  1. nontabbed
  2. nontabby
  3. nontaboo
  4. nontabular
  5. nontabulated
  6. nontackle
  7. nontactical
  8. nontactile
  9. nontagged
  10. nontailored
  11. nontainted

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