angling

English

Verb

angling

1. present participle and gerund of angle

Noun

angling (countable and uncountable, plural anglings)

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

     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.

Synonyms

• the gentle craft

Derived terms

• ground angling
• nonangling

 

Translations

fishing with a rod, line and angle, for recreation or sport

• Estonian: õngitsemine
• Finnish: onginta (fi), onkiminen (fi)
• German: Angeln (de) n
• Hungarian: horgászat (hu)
• Irish: slatiascaireacht f
• Italian: pesca con la lenza f
• Japanese: 釣り (ja) (tsuri)
• Korean: 낚시 (ko) (naksi), 어조(魚釣) (ko) (eojo), 조어(釣魚) (ko) (jo'eo)
• Manx: eeastagh
• Polish: wędkarstwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: pesca esportiva f
• Spanish: pesca con caña f
• Turkish: balık tutma