anglingnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈæŋ.ɡlɪŋ/us/ˈæŋ.ɡlɪŋ/the sport of trying to catch fish with a rod, line (= plastic thread), and hook (= curved piece of wire)
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Hunting & fishing
- angler
- bait
- beater
- big game
- bite
- hare coursing
- harpoon
- hunt
- hunt saboteur
- hunted
- reel
- sinker
- smoke
- smoke sb/sth out
- snare
- spoor
- tally-ho
- trail
- trap
- troll
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Examples from literature
- A game fish may be defined as one that will make a good fight for its life and that is caught by scientific methods of angling.
- He was coming down the mill-stream meadow toward the wooden bridge, carrying a fishing rod, but clearly not intent on angling.
- It is a sufficient defense of fishing with a worm to pronounce the truism that no man is a complete angler until he has mastered all the modes of angling.
- Its fine streams afforded means of enjoyment for those who devote their pastime in angling and other such health-giving recreation.
- Of outdoor sports she knew most about angling, for her father had been an ardent fly-caster.