angling
[ ang-gling ]
/ ˈæŋ glɪŋ /
noun
the act or art of fishing with a hook and line, usually attached to a rod.
OTHER WORDS FROM angling
non·an·gling, adjectiveWords nearby angling
anglice,
anglicism,
anglicist,
anglicize,
anglify,
angling,
anglist,
anglistics,
anglo,
anglo-,
anglo-american
Definition for angling (2 of 3)
angle
1
[ ang-guh l ]
/ ˈæŋ gəl /
noun
verb (used with object), an·gled, an·gling.
verb (used without object), an·gled, an·gling.
to turn sharply in a different direction: The road angles to the right.
to move or go in angles or at an angle: The trout angled downstream.
Origin of angle
1
1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French < Latin
angulus, of unclear orig.
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH angle
angel angleDefinition for angling (3 of 3)
angle
2
[ ang-guh l ]
/ ˈæŋ gəl /
verb (used without object), an·gled, an·gling.
to fish with hook and line.
to attempt to get something by sly or artful means; fish: to angle for a compliment.
noun
Archaic.
a fishhook or fishing tackle.
Origin of angle
2
before 900; Middle English v.
angelen, noun
angel, angul, Old English
angel, angul; cognate with Frisian, Dutch
angel, Old Saxon, Old High German
angul (> German
Angel), Old Norse
ǫngull; Greek
ankýlos bent, Sanskrit
ankuśá- hook; akin to Old English
anga, Old High German
ango, Latin
uncus, Greek
ónkos hook; relation, if any, to Latin
angulus
angle1 not clear
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British Dictionary definitions for angling (1 of 4)
angling
/ (ˈæŋɡlɪŋ) /
noun
- the art or sport of catching fish with a rod and line and a baited hook or other lure, such as a fly; fishing
- (as modifier)an angling contest
British Dictionary definitions for angling (2 of 4)
angle
1
/ (ˈæŋɡəl) /
noun
verb
Word Origin for angle
C14: from French, from Old Latin
angulus corner
British Dictionary definitions for angling (3 of 4)
angle
2
/ (ˈæŋɡəl) /
verb (intr)
to fish with a hook and line
(often foll by for)
to attempt to get
he angled for a compliment
noun
obsolete
any piece of fishing tackle, esp a hook
Word Origin for angle
Old English
angul fish-hook; related to Old High German
ango, Latin
uncus, Greek
onkos
British Dictionary definitions for angling (4 of 4)
Angle
/ (ˈæŋɡəl) /
noun
a member of a West Germanic people from N Germany who invaded and settled large parts of E and N England in the 5th and 6th centuries a.d
Word Origin for Angle
from Latin
Anglus, from Germanic (compare
English), an inhabitant of
Angul, a district in Schleswig (now
Angeln), a name identical with Old English
angul hook,
angle ², referring to its shape
Medical definitions for angling
angle
[ ăng′gəl ]
n.
The figure or space formed by the junction of two lines or planes.
Scientific definitions for angling
angle
[ ăng′gəl ]
A geometric figure formed by two lines that begin at a common point or by two planes that begin at a common line.
The space between such lines or planes, measured in degrees. See also acute angle obtuse angle right angle.