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tap-tackles

tap-tackles is the plural of tap-tackle.

Meaning of tap-tackle

Noun

tap-tackle (plural tap-tackles)

  1. A tackle made from behind the running ball-carrier, where the tackler dives to touch the player's ankle and trips him up.
    • France's own stand-in stand-off Trinh-Duc missed with a drop-goal when well set but then set off on a curving run through a scattered defensive line which carried him deep into enemy territory until Weepu's desperate tap-tackle finally brought him down.2011 October 23, Tom Fordyce, “2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France”, in BBC Sport
    Synonyms:
    ankle tap

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Questions about tap-tackles

What is tap-tackles the plural of?
Tap-tackles is the plural of tap-tackle.

Words near tap-tackles in the dictionary

  1. tap-in
  2. tap-ins
  3. tap-room
  4. tap-tackle
  5. tap-tackled
  6. tap-tackles
  7. tap-tackling
  8. tap-tap
  9. Tap-tub
  10. tap-water
  11. tapa

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