Home › Words › T › tackleetackleetacklee means a person who is tackled.EtymologyFrom tackle + -ee.nouna person who is tackled.e.g.“Thus are formed the opposition schools, the modern which says that such a tacklee may pass from the ground, and the ancient which says he must bring that ball into play with the foot.” — 1920, Country Life, page 560:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).