Word.ws English Dictionary

rugby tackle

/ɹʌɡ.bi.tæ.kəl/

rugby tackle noun: an instance of knocking someone or something over using one's arms and upper body.

Noun

rugby tackle (plural rugby tackles)

  1. An instance of knocking someone or something over using one's arms and upper body.

Verb

rugby tackle (third-person singular simple present rugby tackles, present participle rugby tackling, simple past and past participle rugby tackled)

  1. To knock someone over using one's arms and upper body.

Forms of rugby tackle

Noun
pluralrugby tackles
Verb
third-person singular presentrugby tackles
present participlerugby tackling
past participlerugby tackled
pastrugby tackled

Questions about rugby tackle

What does rugby tackle mean?
Rugby tackle means an instance of knocking someone or something over using one's arms and upper body.
What part of speech is rugby tackle?
Rugby tackle can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce rugby tackle?
Rugby tackle is pronounced /ɹʌɡ.bi.tæ.kəl/.
What is the plural of rugby tackle?
The plural of rugby tackle is rugby tackles.

Words near rugby tackle in the dictionary

  1. rugby player
  2. rugby players
  3. rugby sevens
  4. rugby shirt
  5. rugby shirts
  6. rugby tackle
  7. rugby tackled
  8. rugby tackles
  9. rugby tackling
  10. rugby union
  11. rugby-like

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: rugby tackle (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “rugby tackle.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/rugby_tackle. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.