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overtackle

overtackle verb: to use or equip with excessive tackle.

Verb

overtackle (third-person singular simple present overtackles, present participle overtackling, simple past and past participle overtackled)

  1. To use or equip with excessive tackle.
    • You can use virtually any sturdy tackle and, generally speaking, it is better to overtackle than to undertackle.1963, Heinz Ulrich, America's Best Deep-sea Fishing, page 234
    • A lot of kings are taken by accident, by fishermen trolling for marlin and sailfish, and as a result they are often overtackled and the fighting qualities of this great fish are not appreciated.1976, Nick Karas, America's Favorite Salt-water Fishing, Dutton Adult, page 122

Forms of overtackle

third-person singular presentovertackles
present participleovertackling
past participleovertackled
pastovertackled

Origin of overtackle

From over- + tackle.

Questions about overtackle

What does overtackle mean?
Overtackle means to use or equip with excessive tackle.
What part of speech is overtackle?
Overtackle is a verb.
What is the past tense of overtackle?
The past tense of overtackle is overtackled.

Words near overtackle in the dictionary

  1. oversystematized
  2. oversystematizes
  3. oversystematizing
  4. overt
  5. overt prestige
  6. overtackle
  7. overtackled
  8. overtackles
  9. overtackling
  10. overtag
  11. overtagged

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