slide tackle noun 1slide-tackle verb 1forms 4 noun1 •a tackle to get the ball by sliding on the ground feet-firstChristian Karembeu almost broke his supermodel wife's leg with a slide tackle during a football game in their back garden. — 2002 slide-tackle verb1 •To tackle another player by sliding on the ground feet-first. formsslide-tackled · slide-tackling · slide-tackles · slide tackles