Angling

What do we mean by angling?

The act, process, or art of fishing with a hook and line and usually a rod. noun

The act or art of fishing with a rod and line; rod-fishing. noun

The act of one who angles; the art of fishing with rod and line. noun

Present participle of angle. verb

A form of fishing, with a rod, line and angle (hook) for recreation or sport noun

Fishing with a hook and line (and usually a pole) noun

(often in the passive) To place (something) at an angle.

To change direction rapidly.

To present or argue something in a particular way or from a particular viewpoint.

(cue sports) To hamper (oneself or one's opponent) by leaving the cue ball in the jaws of a pocket such that the surround of the pocket (the "angle") blocks the path from cue ball to object ball.

Words that are spelled similarly to angling:
angling, dangling, gangling, jangling, ankling, anglin, tangling, mangling, wangling, yngling, aneling.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word angling:
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Words that rhyme with angling:
dangling, wrangling, gangling, strangling, tangling, mangling.

Adjectives that are often used to describe angling:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective angling:
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Words that sound like angling:
angling, anglin, ankling, dangling, tangling, wrangling, mangling, inkling, anglo, anglia, englan, anglais, angering, angin, anking, rankling, anguine, annulling, anglo-, angouleme, tingling, mingling, singling, bungling, yingling, eagling, anglian, angolan, anglic, hanging, angler, anklet, ambling, haggling, anchoring, jangling, shanklin, gangling, anglos, waggling, anglaise, wangling, acklin, anglewing, angon, amylin, english, angle, juggling, ongoing, boggling, inking, tinkling, angl, wrinkling, annealing, emailing, inglis, on going, inklings, toggling, unking, eglin, ingoing, on-going, winkling, conkling, e-mailing, angul, eaglin, eanling, ungluing, angola, anga, angla, alang, anglica, ancon, amylum, anjing, anguish, bangin, alin, ango, angerly, anglers, anguis, ashling, allyn, appling, alim, anglesey, aniline, agley, bank line, amblin, anlage, atheling, bang gang, angolo.