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tackle football

tackle football noun: any code of football that involves physical tackling (i.e. not soccer or touch football); generally refers to Australian rules football, rugby league, rugby union or American football.

Noun

tackle football

  1. (Australia, uncountable) Any code of football that involves physical tackling (i.e. not soccer or touch football); generally refers to Australian rules football, rugby league, rugby union or American football.

Questions about tackle football

What does tackle football mean?
Tackle football means any code of football that involves physical tackling (i.e. not soccer or touch football); generally refers to Australian rules football, rugby league, rugby union or American football.
What part of speech is tackle football?
Tackle football is a noun.

Words near tackle football in the dictionary

  1. tackle blocks
  2. tackle box
  3. tackle boxes
  4. tackle fall
  5. tackle falls
  6. tackle football
  7. tackle for loss
  8. tackle house
  9. tackle houses
  10. tackle on
  11. tackle porter

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