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angle shot

angle shot is the simple past and past participle of angle shoot.

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
    • Angle shots are used to gain an unfair advantage in the game-to obtain information that a player shouldn't legally have yet, or to manipulate opponents. What can make angle shots so frustrating is that they are nearly always impossible to prove.2009 May 31, Barbara Connors, “Angle-Shooting: Dishonorable Discharge”, in PokerPlayer
  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
    • This is an angle shot from a low position with the camera looking upward.2012, Ray DiZazzo, Corporate Media Production, →ISBN, page 65

Meaning of angle shoot

Noun

angle shoot (plural angle shoots)

  1. A session of shooting at an angle or a shot taken in such a session.
    • The unserviceable Sea Hurricane airframe on board was placed on deck for blast trials in a low angle shoot and sustained no damage while in the centre of the deck.2012, Dr Ben Jones, The Fleet Air Arm in the Second World War, →ISBN

Forms of angle shot

pluralangle shots

Questions about angle shot

What does angle shot mean?
Angle shot means an act performed in order to angle-shoot; a trick used to gain unfair advantage.
What is angle shot the simple past and past participle of?
Angle shot is the simple past and past participle of angle shoot.
What part of speech is angle shot?
Angle shot is a noun.
What is the plural of angle shot?
The plural of angle shot is angle shots.

Words near angle shot in the dictionary

  1. angle shoot
  2. angle shooter
  3. angle shooters
  4. angle shooting
  5. angle shoots
  6. angle shot
  7. angle shots
  8. angle stealer
  9. angle stealers
  10. angle stealing
  11. angle tie

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