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tacklers

tacklers is the plural of tackler.

Meaning of tackler

Noun

tackler (plural tacklers)

  1. A player who tackles another.
    • When frustrated tacklers finally do catch up with him, Arnett knows how to take his lumps. "If I hit the ground tensely, rigidly, and two tons of angry linemen landed on top of me, they'd break every bone in my body."1960 May 12, “Artful Dodgers”, in Time
  2. (UK, dated) A person who repairs weaving looms.

Questions about tacklers

What is tacklers the plural of?
Tacklers is the plural of tackler.

Words near tacklers in the dictionary

  1. tacklehouses
  2. tackleless
  3. tackleman
  4. tacklemen
  5. tackler
  6. tacklers
  7. tackles
  8. tackles for loss
  9. tackless
  10. Tackley
  11. tacklifter

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