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angle shooting en · NOUN

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  1. (slang, uncountable) Unethical behavior that is not clearly prohibited.
    • Player One then turned his cards back over and got really upset accusing Player Two of angle shooting in order to see his cards. 2006, David Apostolico, Lessons From The Felt: Advanced Strategies And Tactics For No-Limit Hold'Em Poker Tournaments, →ISBN:
    • Technically, angle shooting is not cheating. Angle shooters don't break the rules-they just make it their personal mission to bend them as much as humanly possible. 2009 May 31, Barbara Connors, “Angle-Shooting: Dishonorable Discharge”, in PokerPlayer:
  2. (slang, uncountable) The act of shooting at an angle.
    • Another interesting technique to use is angle shooting. Action shot obliquely appears slower than the same action viewed at right angles 1993, Donald C. Steffens, Shooting outdoor videos, page 49:
    • Early sets tended to be theatrical and flat, and, therefore, were limited in the dimensionality that would have allowed angle shooting. 2006, Frank Eugene Beaver, Dictionary of Film Terms: The Aesthetic Companion to Film Art, →ISBN, page 11:

angle shooting en · VERB

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  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of angle shoot
    form of angle shoot