tackle
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈtækəl/
- Specialized
:
equipo de pesca
- Grabbing only my fly rod and tackle box, I go off fishing with my kids.
- fishing tackle
- tackle box
- bait and tackle
No Dave, no no after removing some fishing lines from his tackle box.
- No Dave, no no after removing some fishing lines from his tackle box.
- And now some people would just put together their box of, you know, tackle and get a, get a rod and, you know, get a fishing license and then head out.
- It was it was like grocery fish and tackle.
- Yeah, I probably had the space to keep, you know, my fishing pole and, and, and the tackle that goes along with it.
- And along the same lines, there's a very nice study by two guys at USCLA of Pacific fishing tackle from before Western Content.
Examples
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and in there is your tackle box and all your fishing equipment
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Come on, honey, give me a hand cleaning up this tackle box.
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"What are you doing tonight?" I asked, taking my tackle from his boat.
Fiction book (1998) -
This is a tackle box, Brad.
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So, did you guys actually use the fishing tackle?
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My father reached into the tackle box and held out a green can of bug spray.
Fiction book (1992) -
Though among the rubbish, his fishing tackle was immaculate and the best money could buy.
Fiction book (2002) -
With their money, they bought cigarettes, fishing tackle, chocolate bars, apples, and other treats from the camp canteen.
Fiction book (1996) -
Y'all wouldn't know where the fishin' tackle is, would you?
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Before going fishing, I packed my tackle with hooks and lines into the boat.
Synonyms
8
1.7
Equipment that people use to catch fish, like rods, nets, lines and hooks
3
2.5
Tools used for catching fish, like lines and hooks
1
3.0
A set of tools such as a rod, line, hook, and reel used to catch fish
Compounds
- Offensive
A humorous British phrase for a man's private parts or the groom's clothes
How Complete
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tackle originally meant 'tools' or 'equipment', and sailors used the word for the gear they kept on boats before people began to call fishing gear 'tackle'. So fishing 'tackle' is simply the set of tools you use to catch fish.