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slide tackle

slide tackle noun: a tackle to get the ball by sliding on the ground feet-first.

slide tackle: a tackle to get the ball by sliding on the ground feet-first
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Noun

slide tackle (plural slide tackles)

  1. a tackle to get the ball by sliding on the ground feet-first
    • Christian Karembeu almost broke his supermodel wife's leg with a slide tackle during a football game in their back garden.2002 February 27, “Cruncher Karembeu takes it out on his wife”, in The Guardian
    Synonyms:
    sliding tackle

Synonyms of slide tackle

Forms of slide tackle

pluralslide tackles

Questions about slide tackle

What does slide tackle mean?
Slide tackle means a tackle to get the ball by sliding on the ground feet-first.
What part of speech is slide tackle?
Slide tackle is a noun.
What is the plural of slide tackle?
The plural of slide tackle is slide tackles.

Words near slide tackle in the dictionary

  1. slide rules
  2. slide scanner
  3. slide scanners
  4. slide show
  5. slide shows
  6. slide tackle
  7. slide tackles
  8. slide trombone
  9. slide trombones
  10. slide truck
  11. slide trucks

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