angle shoot

Verb

angle-shoot (third-person singular simple present angle-shoots, present participle angle-shooting, simple past and past participle angle-shot)

1. 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
2. (slang) 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
3. (broadly, slang) 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

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Noun

angle shot (plural angle shots)

1. (slang) An act performed in order to angle-shoot; a trick used to gain unfair advantage.
   • I'll always gamble, anytime, but he's taking so many angle shots at the table it's not even funny.2008 June 25, John Phan, “WSOP: Bracelet Winner Q and A”, in CardPlayer
2. A shot taken at an angle.
   • Wood, number six, played strong and had little trouble defeating Elisa Morgan, 8-0, using lots of topspin and angle shots.2015 May 6, Ashley Hudgins, “Mathews tennis improves record to 11-0”, in Gloucester Mathews Gazette Journal