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angle shoot

verb, noun — 8 senses

angle-shoot

verbalso spelled angle-shoot
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:
  • 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:
2

Card games, Poker 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:
  • 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:

angle shoot

noun
1

Biology, Botany, Natural sciences Alternative Alternative form of angle-shoot.

  • Removal of the young developing leaves below the apical bud on the main shoot, especially when done twice, has increased branching and produced wider angle shoots, and enhanced feathering for slender spindle trees2013, C. J. Wright, Manipulation of Fruiting, →ISBN, page 346:
2

Card games, Poker Alternative, Slang Alternative form of angle shot.

  • The change will also take away one potential angle shoot at the poker tables, as it will make it easier for players to confirm their opponent's stack sizes without wondering if cash is hidden on the tables, though this is almost certainly not the reason behind the change.2015 March 16, Ed Scimia, “MGM Folds on Cash Play At US Poker Tables”, in Cardschat News - Worldwide Gambling News:
3

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:
  • So off I went to find a piece of scenery to rest on while they got on with preparing for another angle shoot of the sacrifice setup.2011, Elisabeth Sladen, Elisabeth Sladen: The Autobiography, →ISBN:

angle-shoot

noun
1

Biology, Botany, Natural sciences 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:
2

Card games, Poker Alternative, Slang Alternative form of angle shot.

  • As MacPhee says, “if an angle-shoot is within the rules and plus-EV then do it!”2010 April 22, Brett Collson, “Slowrolling: Disgraceful or Strategic?”, in Poker News Daily:

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — authors: page histories for angle-shoot and angle shoot.