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/ˈaNGglər/,
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anglers, plural;
  1. A person who fishes with a rod and line
    • - a carp angler
  1. a scheming person; someone who schemes to gain an advantage
  2. a fisherman who uses a hook and line
  3. goosefish: fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey
  4. (angling) fishing with a hook and line (and usually a pole)
  5. Angler is a fictional character appearing in specific Marvel Comics titles, a supervillain and enemy of Quasar and the Human Torch.
  6. Angler is a British computer game that was published in 1983 by Virgin Games for the ZX Spectrum home computer.
  7. (Anglers) A fisherman or fisher is someone who captures fish and other animals from a body of water, or gathers shellfish. Worldwide, there are about 38 million commercial and subsistence fishermen and fish farmers. ...
  8. A person who fishes with a hook and line; An angler fish; Someone who tries to works an angle; a person who schemes or has an ulterior motive; Pilferers or petty thieves, who, with a stick having a hook at the end, steal goods out of shop-windows, grates, etc
  9. (Angling) This is characterized as any acting out of turn. It is considered angling when any player folds or bets out of turn. A player who uses constant angling is known as an “angle shooter”. ...
  10. (Angling) taking fish by hook and line. This includes bait and fly fishing, casting, trolling and the use of landing nets to complete the catch.
  11. (Angling) Surfer rides across the face of the wave at an angle to the shoreline, rather than riding straight toward the beach.
  12. Angling - Casting - Surf fishing - Beach casting - Bank fishing - Trolling - The Compleat Angler Angling. ... In the sport of fishing with a fishing rod, casting is the act of throwing the hook into the water, by quickly flicking the rod from behind the angler toward the water. ... ...
  13. (Angling) It is also known as side baiting where in you discard a card in order to induce your opponent to discard a card a rank away.
  14. (ANGLING) A typical feature of better-quality watches are the angled edges on the steel parts. The angling is executed either mechanically with a pantographic engraver or in the traditional manner with a hand-held file. Ideally, the angle on the edges should measure precisely 45 degrees.
  15. (ANGLING) Is another term for Fishing. It is the sport of catching fish, freshwater or saltwater, typically with rod, line, and hook. For more information, see our section on What is Fishing?.
  16. (Angling) Diagonally traversing terrain or entering water other than on perpendicular lines.
  17. (Angling) Proposing to another player and agreement, private and outside the rules, that the pot be split evenly regardless of which player wins it, or that players refrain from raising against each other.
  18. (Angling) The art of fishing, as practiced by those who seek to catch fish not for profit or for food, but rather for the sport involved.
  19. (Angling) This is when you are riding diagonally across the face of the wave before it breaks either to the left or the right.
  20. (Angling) To dream of catching fish is good. If you fail to catch any, it will be bad for you.
  21. One who seeks to catch fish with a hook (an "angle"), usually fixed to the end of a line.
  22. Someone who goes fishing: somebody who fishes with a hook, line, and rod
  23. A person catching fish or shellfish with no intent to sell. This includes people releasing the catch.
  24. A guy who, first of all, lies in wait for a fish, then lies in weight after he lands it.
  25. 1920's, Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia