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tacklin'

tacklin' is the pronunciation spelling of tackling.

Meaning of tackling

Noun

tackling (plural tacklings)

  1. The process by which something is tackled or dealt with.
    • His struggle with the Church ended in his voyage to Canossa; his tacklings of the problems of industrialism may be said to have reached their high-water mark when, thirty years before this country even approached the problem, […]1915, Ford Madox Ford, When Blood is Their Argument: An Analysis of Prussian Culture
  2. The tackle of a vessel.
  3. The harness for drawing a carriage.

Questions about tacklin'

What is tacklin' the pronunciation spelling of?
Tacklin' is the pronunciation spelling of tackling.

Words near tacklin' in the dictionary

  1. tackles for loss
  2. tackless
  3. Tackley
  4. tacklifter
  5. tacklifters
  6. tacklin'
  7. tackling
  8. tacklings
  9. tackravan
  10. tackravans
  11. tackroom

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