angle-shoot
angle-shoot verb: to fire or shoot from an angle. Also the alternative form of angle shot.
Verb
angle-shoot (third-person singular simple present angle-shoots, present participle angle-shooting, simple past and past participle angle-shot)
- To fire or shoot from an angle.
- After the bowler has acquired a smooth delivery he is shown how to angle-shoot for spares, the essentials of spot and line bowling, and such new techniques as finger-tip control.1957, School Activities - Volumes 29-31, page 294
- He recalls, and then surpasses, his visual diversions for 'Can't Buy Me Love' in A Hard Day's Night when he chop-cuts and angle-shoots his four principal comics during their rendiction of 'Everybody Ought to Have a Maid'1966, Films and Filming - Volume 13, page 8
- To use a trick that is not explicitly prohibited by the rules, but which is used to gain unfair advantage.
- The floor will rule one way or another; the point isn't so much to win the ruling as to put the spotlight on the offending player so he's less likely to angle-shoot on future hands.2006, Randy Burgess, Ultimate Guide to Poker Tells: Devastate Opponents by Reading Body Language, →ISBN, page 149
- To bend the rules; to behave in a way that is unethical but not illegal.
- I like to think that I used my superior skill to come out on top; I don't like the idea that I had to angle-shoot to take home more money than I came with.1996, Mason Malmuth, Blackjack Essays, →ISBN, page 205
- Or perhaps, unlike many firms looking for fast dividends from the disaster, Krispy Kreme didn't try to angle-shoot the tragedy. It hasn't changed its approach to business— which may well have something to do with its success.2002, U.S. News & World Report - Volume 131, Issues 19-27, page 116
Noun
angle-shoot (plural angle-shoots)
- A side shoot that grows from the main stem stem.
- The fact that for the greater part of its length the angle-shoot has the same structure as a normal stem is what would be expected; it does not, in my opinion, prove that the former is not a transformed rhizophore.1934, Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Also used as
angle-shoot is also the alternative form of angle shot.
Forms of angle-shoot
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | angle-shoots |
| present participle | angle-shooting |
| past participle | angle-shot |
| past | angle-shot |
| alternative form | angle shoot |
| Noun | |
| plural | angle-shoots |
Questions about angle-shoot
- What does angle-shoot mean?
- Angle-shoot means to fire or shoot from an angle.
- What part of speech is angle-shoot?
- Angle-shoot can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of angle-shoot?
- The past tense of angle-shoot is angle-shot.
Words near angle-shoot in the dictionary
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