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Tackle

The equipment used in a particular activity, especially in fishing; gear.

Deal

To give out in shares or portions; apportion
A critic who deals out as much praise as blame.

Tackle

(often tākəl) Nautical A system of ropes and blocks for raising and lowering weights of rigging and pulleys for applying tension.

Deal

To distribute (playing cards) among players.

Tackle

A rope and its pulley.
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Deal

To give (a specific card) to a player while so distributing.

Tackle

The act of stopping an opposing player carrying the ball, especially by forcing the opponent to the ground, as in football or rugby.

Deal

To sell
Deal prescriptions.
Deal cocaine.

Tackle

The act of obstructing a player in order to cause loss of possession of the ball, as in soccer.

Deal

To administer; deliver
Dealt him a blow to the stomach.
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Tackle

One of two offensive linemen positioned between the guard and the end on either side of the ball.

Deal

To be occupied or concerned
A book that deals with the Middle Ages.

Tackle

One of two defensive linemen positioned to the inside of either end.

Deal

To behave in a specified way toward another or others; have transactions
Deal honestly with competitors.

Tackle

Tackle football.

Deal

To take action with respect to someone or something
The committee will deal with this complaint.

Tackle

To grab hold of and wrestle with (an opponent).

Deal

(Informal) To cope
I can't deal with all of this arguing!.

Tackle

To stop (an opponent carrying the ball), especially by forcing the opponent to the ground.

Deal

To do business; trade
Dealing in diamonds.

Tackle

To obstruct (a player with the ball) in order to cause loss of possession of the ball.

Deal

(Games) To distribute playing cards.

Tackle

To engage or deal with
Tackle a perplexing problem.

Deal

(Slang) To buy and sell drugs, especially illegally.

Tackle

To harness (a horse).

Deal

(Baseball) To throw a pitch.

Tackle

To tackle an opponent in possession of the ball.

Deal

The act or a round of apportioning or distributing.

Tackle

A device for grasping an object and an attached means of moving it, as a rope and hook.

Deal

Distribution of playing cards.

Tackle

A block and tackle.

Deal

The cards so distributed; a hand.

Tackle

Clothing.

Deal

The right or turn of a player to distribute the cards.

Tackle

Equipment (rod, reel, line, lure, etc.) used when angling.

Deal

The playing of one hand.

Tackle

Equipment, gear, gadgetry.

Deal

An indefinite quantity, extent, or degree
Has a great deal of experience.

Tackle

A play where a player attempts to take control over the ball from an opponent, as in rugby or football.

Deal

An agreement, especially one that is mutually beneficial.

Tackle

A play where a defender brings the ball carrier to the ground.

Deal

A business transaction
Struck a deal to buy a car dealership.

Tackle

(countable) Any instance in which one person intercepts another and forces them to the ground.

Deal

A legal contract
Signed a deal to play for a new team.

Tackle

(American football) An offensive line position between a guard and an end: offensive tackle; a person playing that position.

Deal

(Informal) A sale favorable especially to the buyer; a bargain.

Tackle

(American football) A defensive position between two defensive ends: defensive tackle; a person playing that position.

Deal

(Informal) Treatment received
A raw deal.
A fair deal.

Tackle

(slang) A man's genitalia.

Deal

(Informal) The situation or background information regarding something
What's the deal with the new teacher?.

Tackle

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 them.

Deal

A fir or pine board cut to standard dimensions.

Tackle

To face or deal with, attempting to overcome or fight down.
The government's measures to tackle crime were insufficient.

Deal

Such boards or planks considered as a group.

Tackle

(sports) To attempt to take away a ball.

Deal

Fir or pine wood.

Tackle

To bring a ball carrier to the ground.

Deal

(obsolete) A division, a portion, a share, a part, a piece.
We gave three deals of grain in tribute to the king.

Tackle

To "hit on" or pursue a person that one is interested in.

Deal

(often followed by of) An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great or good).

Tackle

Apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights, consisting of a rope and pulley blocks; sometimes, the rope and attachments, as distinct from the block, in which case the full appratus is referred to as a block and tackle.

Deal

An act of dealing or sharing out.

Tackle

Any instruments of action; an apparatus by which an object is moved or operated; gear; as, fishing tackle, hunting tackle; formerly, specifically, weapons.

Deal

(card games) The distribution of cards to players; a player's turn for this.
I didn’t have a good deal all evening.
I believe it's your deal.

Tackle

The rigging and apparatus of a ship; also, any purchase where more than one block is used.

Deal

A particular instance of trading (buying or selling; exchanging; bartering); a transaction.
We need to finalise the deal with Henderson by midnight.
Recognizing the societal deal between capital and labor regarding retirement savings

Tackle

An act of tackling{4}; as, brought down by a tackle by a lineman.

Deal

(in particular) A transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain.

Tackle

One of two linemen on a football team, occupying a position between the guard and an end; also, the position played by such a tackle.

Deal

An agreement between parties; an arrangement.
He made a deal with the devil.

Tackle

To supply with tackle.

Deal

(informal) A situation, occasion, or event.
What's the deal here?
Their new movie is the biggest deal of the year.
I don't think that's such a big deal.

Tackle

To fasten or attach, as with a tackle; to harness; as, to tackle a horse into a coach or wagon.

Deal

(informal) A thing, an unspecified or unidentified object.
The deal with four tines is called a pitchfork.

Tackle

To seize; to lay hold of; to grapple; as, a wrestler tackles his antagonist; a dog tackles the game.
The greatest poetess of our day has wasted her time and strength in tackling windmills under conditions the most fitted to insure her defeat.

Deal

(uncountable) Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir).

Tackle

To cause the ball carrier to fall to the ground, thus ending the forward motion of the ball and the play.

Deal

(countable) A plank of softwood (fir or pine board).

Tackle

To begin to deal with; as, to tackle the problem.

Deal

A wooden board or plank, usually between 12 or 14 feet in length, traded as a commodity in shipbuilding.

Tackle

The person who plays that position on a football team;
The right tackle is a straight A student

Deal

(a) Male genitalia.
He saw my deal!

Tackle

Gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sails

Deal

(transitive) To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.
The fighting is over; now we deal out the spoils of victory.

Tackle

Gear used in fishing

Deal

(transitive) To administer or give out, as in small portions.

Tackle

A position on the line of scrimmage;
It takes a big man to play tackle

Deal

(ambitransitive) To distribute cards to the players in a game.
I was dealt four aces.
The cards were shuffled, and the croupier dealt.

Tackle

(American football) grasping an opposing player with the intention of stopping by throwing to the ground

Deal

(transitive) deliver damage, a blow, strike or cut. To inflict.
The boxer was dealt a blow to the head.

Tackle

Accept as a challenge;
I'll tackle this difficult task

Deal

(baseball) To pitch.
The whole crowd waited for him to deal a real humdinger.

Tackle

Put a harness;
Harness the horse

Deal

(intransitive) To have dealings or business.

Tackle

Seize and throw down an opponent player, who usually carries the ball

Deal

(intransitive) To conduct oneself, to behave.

Deal

To take action; to act.

Deal

(intransitive) To trade professionally (followed by in).
She deals in gold.

Deal

(ambitransitive) To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs.
This club takes a dim view of members who deal drugs.

Deal

(intransitive) To be concerned with.

Deal

(intransitive) To handle, to manage, to cope.
I can't deal with this.

Deal

Made of deal.
A plain deal table

Deal

A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.
Three tenth deals [parts of an ephah] of flour.
As an object of science it [the Celtic genius] may count for a good deal . . . as a spiritual power.
She was resolved to be a good deal more circumspect.

Deal

The process of dealing cards to the players; also, the portion disturbed.
The deal, the shuffle, and the cut.

Deal

Distribution; apportionment.

Deal

An arrangement to attain a desired result by a combination of interested parties; - applied to stock speculations and political bargains.

Deal

The division of a piece of timber made by sawing; a board or plank; particularly, a board or plank of fir or pine above seven inches in width, and exceeding six feet in length. If narrower than this, it is called a batten; if shorter, a deal end.

Deal

Wood of the pine or fir; as, a floor of deal.

Deal

To divide; to separate in portions; hence, to give in portions; to distribute; to bestow successively; - sometimes with out.
Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry?
And Rome deals out her blessings and her gold.
The nightly mallet deals resounding blows.
Hissing through the skies, the feathery deaths were dealt.

Deal

Specifically: To distribute, as cards, to the players at the commencement of a game; as, to deal the cards; to deal one a jack.

Deal

To make distribution; to share out in portions, as cards to the players.

Deal

To do a distributing or retailing business, as distinguished from that of a manufacturer or producer; to traffic; to trade; to do business; as, he deals in flour.
They buy and sell, they deal and traffic.
This is to drive to wholesale trade, when all other petty merchants deal but for parcels.

Deal

To act as an intermediary in business or any affairs; to manage; to make arrangements; - followed by between or with.
Sometimes he that deals between man and man, raiseth his own credit with both, by pretending greater interest than he hath in either.

Deal

To conduct one's self; to behave or act in any affair or towards any one; to treat.
If he will deal clearly and impartially, . . . he will acknowledge all this to be true.

Deal

To contend (with); to treat (with), by way of opposition, check, or correction; as, he has turbulent passions to deal with.
The deacons of his church, who, to use their own phrase, "dealt with him" on the sin of rejecting the aid which Providence so manifestly held out.
Return . . . and I will deal well with thee.

Deal

A particular instance of buying or selling;
It was a package deal
I had no further trade with him
He's a master of the business deal

Deal

An agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each;
He made a bargain with the devil
He rose to prominence through a series of shady deals

Deal

(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;
A batch of letters
A deal of trouble
A lot of money
He made a mint on the stock market
It must have cost plenty

Deal

A plank of softwood (fir or pine board)

Deal

Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)

Deal

The cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time;
I didn't hold a good hand all evening
He kept trying to see my hand

Deal

The type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement);
He got a good deal on his car

Deal

The act of distributing playing cards;
The deal was passed around the table clockwise

Deal

The act of apportioning or distributing something;
The captain was entrusted with the deal of provisions

Deal

Deal with verbally or in some form of artistic expression;
This book deals with incest
The course covered all of Western Civilization
The new book treats the history of China

Deal

Take action with respect to (someone or something);
How are we going to deal with this problem?
The teacher knew how to deal with these lazy students

Deal

Take into consideration for exemplifying purposes;
Take the case of China
Consider the following case

Deal

Come to terms or deal successfully with;
We got by on just a gallon of gas
They made do on half a loaf of bread every day

Deal

Administer or bestow, as in small portions;
Administer critical remarks to everyone present
Dole out some money
Shell out pocket money for the children
Deal a blow to someone

Deal

Do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood;
She deals in gold
The brothers sell shoes

Deal

Be in charge of, act on, or dispose of;
I can deal with this crew of workers
This blender can't handle nuts
She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old

Deal

Behave in a certain way towards others;
He deals fairly with his employees

Deal

Distribute to the players in a game;
Who's dealing?

Deal

Direct the course of; manage or control;
You cannot conduct business like this

Deal

Give out as one's portion or share

Deal

Give (a specific card) to a player;
He dealt me the Queen of Spades

Deal

Sell;
Deal hashish

Deal

Made of fir or pine;
A plain deal table

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