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tap-tackling

tap-tackling is the present participle and gerund of tap-tackle.

Meaning of tap-tackle

Verb

tap-tackle (third-person singular simple present tap-tackles, present participle tap-tackling, simple past and past participle tap-tackled)

  1. to tackle with a tap-tackle
    • Farrell drilled home a 46-metre penalty and should have had another when Pollard, attempting to jink his way out of defence, was tap-tackled by Anthony Watson and penalised for not releasing.2019 November 2, Robert Kitson, “Rugby World Cup: South Africa surge to glory as England fall short”, in The Observer

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Questions about tap-tackling

What is tap-tackling the present participle and gerund of?
Tap-tackling is the present participle and gerund of tap-tackle.

Words near tap-tackling in the dictionary

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

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