1. tap-tackle - Noun
2. tap-tackle - Verb
tap-tackle (plural tap-tackles)
(rugby, American football) A tackle made from behind the running ball-carrier, where the tackler dives to touch the player's ankle and trips him up.
tap-tackle (third-person singular simple present tap-tackles, present participle tap-tackling, simple past and past participle tap-tackled)
(rugby, American football) to tackle with a tap-tackle