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scissor tackles

scissor tackles is the plural of scissor tackle.

Meaning of scissor tackle

Noun

scissor tackle (plural scissor tackles)

  1. A tackle where one player slides in and wraps their legs either side of an opponent's legs.
    • Arsenal's Emmanuel Eboué has defended his scissor tackle on Liam Ridgewell by insisting that he "did not want to kill" the Birmingham player in Saturday's match at the Emirates.2010, I did not want to kill Liam Ridgewell, says Emmanuel Eboué, The Guardian

Questions about scissor tackles

What is scissor tackles the plural of?
Scissor tackles is the plural of scissor tackle.

Words near scissor tackles in the dictionary

  1. scissor statement
  2. scissor statements
  3. scissor switch
  4. scissor switches
  5. scissor tackle
  6. scissor tackles
  7. scissor teeth
  8. scissor tooth
  9. scissor-bill
  10. scissor-bills
  11. scissor-congruent

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