angling

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noun

A form of fishing, with a rod, line and angle (hook) for recreation or sport.

Similar
the gentle craft
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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of angle
nounangling (countable and uncountable, plural anglings)

plural anglings

  1. countableuncountableA form of fishing, with a rod, line and angle (hook) for recreation or sport.

    It is a speciall point to have the sun and moon before you, for the very motion of the rod drives all pleasure from you, either by day or by night; in all your anglings, both with worms and flyes, there must be a great care of that.

    1651, Thomas Barker, The Art of Angling: wherein are discovered many rare secrets very necessary to be known by all that delight in that recreation

    Synonyms: the gentle craft

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA form of fishing, with a rod, line and angle (hook) for recreation or sport.

Similar
the gentle craft

Translations

Estonian õngitsemine
  • õngitseminefishing with a rod, line and angle, for recreation or sport
Finnish onginta, onkiminen
  • ongintafishing with a rod, line and angle, for recreation or sport
  • onkiminenfishing with a rod, line and angle, for recreation or sport
German Angeln
  • Angelnfishing with a rod, line and angle, for recreation or sport
Hungarian horgászat
  • horgászatfishing with a rod, line and angle, for recreation or sport
Irish slatiascaireacht
  • slatiascaireachtfishing with a rod, line and angle, for recreation or sport
Italian pesca con la lenza
  • pesca con la lenzafishing with a rod, line and angle, for recreation or sport
Japanese 釣り
  • 釣り (tsuri)fishing with a rod, line and angle, for recreation or sport
Korean 낚시, 어조
  • 낚시 (naksi)fishing with a rod, line and angle, for recreation or sport
  • 어조 (eojo)fishing with a rod, line and angle, for recreation or sport
  • 조어 (jo'eo)fishing with a rod, line and angle, for recreation or sport
Polish wędkarstwo
  • wędkarstwofishing with a rod, line and angle, for recreation or sport
Portuguese pesca esportiva
  • pesca esportivafishing with a rod, line and angle, for recreation or sport
Spanish pesca con caña
  • pesca con cañafishing with a rod, line and angle, for recreation or sport
Turkish balık tutma
  • balık tutmafishing with a rod, line and angle, for recreation or sport

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Nagling
Cite this entry
APA

angling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/angling

MLA

“angling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/angling. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “angling,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/angling.

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