Tackle vs Trolley - What's the difference?
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(nautical) A system of ropes and blocks used to increase the force applied to the free end of the rope.
(fishing, uncountable) Equipment (rod, reel, line, lure, etc.) used when angling.
(uncountable, informal) By extension, any piece of equipment, particularly gadgetry.
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(sports, countable) A play where a player attempts to take control over the ball from an opponent, as in rugby or football.
(American football, countable) A play where a defender brings the ball carrier to the ground.
(countable) Any instance in which one person forces another to the ground.
(American football, uncountable) The offensive positions between each guard and end, offensive tackle.
(American football, countable) A person playing that position.
(American football, uncountable) The defensive positions between two ends, defensive tackle.
(American football, countable) A person playing that position.
(slang) A man's genitalia.
to face or deal with attempting to overcome or fight down
(sports) to attempt to take away a ball
(American football) to bring a ball carrier to the ground
(Australian, New Zealand, British) A cart or shopping cart.
(British) A hand truck.
(British) A .
(British) A gurney.
A single-pole device for collecting electrical current from an overhead electical line usually for a streetcar.
(US) A streetcar or a system of streetcars.
(US, colloquial) A light rail system or a train on such a system.
A truck from which the load is suspended in some kinds of cranes.
A truck which travels along the fixed conductors in an electric railway, and forms a means of connection between them and a railway car.
To bring to by trolley.
To use a trolley vehicle to go from one place to another.
As nouns the difference between tackle and trolley
is that tackle is a system of ropes and blocks used to increase the force applied to the free end of the rope while trolley is a cart or shopping cart.As verbs the difference between tackle and trolley
is that tackle is to face or deal with attempting to overcome or fight down while trolley is to bring to by trolley.tackle
English
Noun
- ... an illuminated license-plate frame bearing his likeness, signature, and yellow number 24. "That there's a real nice piece of tackle . ..."
Derived terms
* grapple tackle * spear tackleVerb
- The government's measures to tackle crime were insufficient.
