off-angle
off-angle adjective: away from a given angle.
Adjective
off-angle (comparative more off-angle, superlative most off-angle)
- Away from a given angle.
- Creatures seen from a non-threatening side view suddenly appear in a full, D.W. Griffith-style close-up. Imaginative, off-angle views are also used on occasion to depict special sequences.1992 August, Allen Greenberg, “Out of this World Beats the Pulp out of a Genre”, in Computer Gaming World, number 97, page 44
- If the Harrier is off-angle in any way, it’s a simple task to power up and go around for another approach (with Jump Jet it’s possible to dump fuel in increments to increase the viability of a hover landing, but too much fuel dumped means no chance for a goaround, careful with that one).1993 May, Steve Wartofsky, “Jumping Jets!”, in Computer Games Strategy Plus, number 30, page 74
Noun
off-angle (plural off-angles)
- An unexpected position to attack or defend from, often secondary to a main angle.
- A final note that is not in the video: The very nature of off-angles is that they are unexpected, but usually bad angles to hold for one reason or another. If they were incredible angles that offered cover, mobility, vision, etc, then it would likely be a commonly held angle, and thus not an off...2020 April 19, u/SpinCrash, Reddit, retrieved 04 Jan 2026
- I held this off-angle for the entire hill and it seems like such a troll move holding such a vulnerable position for that long - but as long as other teammates have sightlines from power positions to whoever might push you these off angles can become surprisingly powerful.2024 March 27, @TyraSnipes_TTV, Twitter, retrieved 04 Jan 2026
Verb
off-angle (third-person singular simple present off-angles, present participle off-angling, simple past and past participle off-angled)
- To take an off-angle.
Examples of off-angle in a sentence
- Just hope that the two cubes aren't off-angle by perfectly matching amounts.2006 February, Rob Hartmann, “Ten Dollar Pseudoscope”, in Make:, volume 5, page 138:
- A final note that is not in the video: The very nature of off-angles is that they are unexpected, but usually bad angles to hold for one reason or another.2020 April 19, u/SpinCrash, Reddit, retrieved 04 Jan 2026:
- Dps take an off-angle challenge: IMPOSSIBLE2025 September 3, @SorryCantAim, Twitter, retrieved 04 Jan 2026:
Forms of off-angle
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more off-angle |
| superlative | most off-angle |
| alternative form | offangle |
| alternative form | off angle |
| Noun | |
| plural | off-angles |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | off-angles |
| present participle | off-angling |
| past participle | off-angled |
| past | off-angled |
Origin of off-angle
From off- + angle.
Questions about off-angle
- What does off-angle mean?
- Off-angle means away from a given angle.
- How do you use off-angle in a sentence?
- Just hope that the two cubes aren't off-angle by perfectly matching amounts.
- What part of speech is off-angle?
- Off-angle can be an adjective, a noun or a verb.
Words near off-angle in the dictionary
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