different between tackle vs halter

English

Etymology

From Middle English takel (“gear, apparatus”), from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German takel (“ship's rigging”), perhaps related to Middle Dutch taken (“to grasp, seize”). Akin to Danish takkel (“tackle”), Swedish tackel (“tackle”). More at take.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tæk?l/, [?t?æk??]
• Rhymes: -æk?l

Noun

tackle (countable and uncountable, plural tackles)

1. A device for grasping an object and an attached means of moving it, as a rope and hook.
2. A block and tackle.
3. (nautical, slang, uncountable) Clothing.
4. (fishing, uncountable) Equipment (rod, reel, line, lure, etc.) used when angling.
5. (uncountable, informal, by extension) Equipment, gear, gadgetry.
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     ... an illuminated license-plate frame bearing his likeness, signature, and yellow number 24. "That there's a real nice piece of tackle. ..."

6. (sports, countable) A play where a player attempts to take control over the ball from an opponent, as in rugby or football.
7. (rugby, American football, countable) A play where a defender brings the ball carrier to the ground.
8. (countable) Any instance in which one person intercepts another and forces them to the ground.
9. (American football) An offensive line position between a guard and an end: offensive tackle; a person playing that position.
10. (American football) A defensive position between two defensive ends: defensive tackle; a person playing that position.
11. (slang) A man's genitalia.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

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

1. To force a person to the ground with the weight of one's own body, usually by jumping on top or slamming one's weight into him or her.
2. To face or deal with, attempting to overcome or fight down.

   The government's measures to tackle crime were insufficient.
3. (sports) To attempt to take away a ball.
4. (rugby, American football) To bring a ball carrier to the ground.
5. (Singapore, colloquial) To "hit on" or pursue a person that one is interested in.

Translations

References

• tackle in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• tackle at OneLook Dictionary Search

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: tacklent, tackles, tacle, tacles

Verb

tackle

1. first-person singular present indicative of tackler
2. third-person singular present indicative of tackler
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of tackler
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of tackler
5. second-person singular imperative of tackler

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English tackle.

Noun

tackle m (plural tackles)

1. (sports) tackle

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?h?lt?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?h??lt?/
• Rhymes: -??lt?(?)

Etymology 1

From Middle English halter, helter, helfter, from Old English hælfter, hælftre (“halter”), from Proto-West Germanic *halftrij? (“harness”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to cut”), equivalent to half- +? -ter. Cognate with Scots helter (“halter”), Dutch halfter, halster (“halter”), Low German halfter, helchter, halter (“halter”), German Halfter (“halter, holster”).

Alternative forms

• helter (obsolete, Northern England)

Noun

halter (plural halters)

1. A bitless headpiece of rope or straps, placed on the head of animals such as cattle or horses to lead or tie them.
2. A rope with a noose, for hanging criminals; the gallows rope.
3. A halter top.

Synonyms

• headstall
• headpiece
• headcollar (British)

Translations

Verb

halter (third-person singular simple present halters, present participle haltering, simple past and past participle haltered)

1. (transitive) To place a halter on.

   What do you mean, you didn't halter the horses when we stopped for the night?

Etymology 2

halt +? -er

Noun

halter (plural halters)

1. One who halts or limps; a cripple.

Etymology 3

Noun

halter (plural halteres)

1. Alternative form of haltere

Anagrams

• Hartel, Hartle, Thrale, lather, rathel, thaler

Catalan

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (haltêres).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?l?te/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /al?te?/

Noun

halter m (plural halters)

1. dumbbell

Further reading

• “halter” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• helter, heltre, heltere, helfter, heltyr, haltre, haltur

Etymology

Inherited from Old English hælftre, hælfter, from Proto-West Germanic *halftrij?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?halt?r/, /?h?lt?r/, /?haltr?/

Noun

halter (plural haltres)

1. A halter; horse headgear lacking a bit.
2. (rare) A rope tied in a noose for hanging.
3. (rare) The binding contract of marriage.

Descendants

• English: halter
• Scots: helter, hilter

References

• “halter, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-06.

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

halter

1. present tense of halte

Portuguese

Noun

halter m (plural halteres)

1. Alternative form of haltere

Swedish

Noun

halter

1. indefinite plural of halt