angle

noun13

1. •
   the shape that two straight lines make where they meet at one point

   • the angle between lines A and B
2. •
   A viewpoint; a physical position to observe something.
3. •
   A point of view; a perspective of thought.

   • Police had various angles to consider after securing the scene of Jodi’s disappearance. — 2026
4. •
   The focus of a news story.
5. •
   The measure of such a figure. In the case of a plane angle, this is the ratio (or proportional to the ratio) of the arc length to the radius of a section of a circle cut by the two rays, centered at their common point. In the case of a solid angle, this is the ratio of the surface area to the square of the radius of the section of a sphere.

   • The angle between lines A and B is π/4 radians, or 45 degrees.
6. •
   A change in direction.

   • The horse took off at an angle.
7. •
   (slang) An ulterior motive; a scheme or means of benefiting from a situation, usually hidden, often immoral.

   • His angle is that he gets a percentage, but mostly in trade.
8. •
   A corner where two walls intersect.
9. •
   A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.

   • though but an angle reached him of the stone — 1717
10. •
    (slang) A storyline between two wrestlers, providing the background for and approach to a feud.
11. •
    Any of the four cardinal points of an astrological chart: the Ascendant, the Midheaven, the Descendant and the Imum Coeli.
12. •
    A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.

    • Give me mine angle: we'll to the river there. — 1606
13. •
    Any of various hesperiid butterflies.

verb6

1. •
   To place (something) at an angle.

   • The roof is angled at 15 degrees.
2. •
   (figurative) To attempt to subtly persuade someone to offer a desired thing.

   • He must be angling for a pay rise.
3. •
   To try to catch fish with a hook and line.
4. •
   (informal) To present or argue something in a particular way or from a particular viewpoint.

   • How do you want to angle this when we talk to the client?
5. •
   To change direction rapidly.

   • The five ball angled off the nine ball but failed to reach the pocket.
6. •
   To hamper (oneself or one's opponent) by leaving the cue ball in the jaws of a pocket such that the surround of the pocket (the "angle") blocks the path from cue ball to object ball.

noun1

1. •
   (historical) A member of a Germanic tribe first mentioned by Tacitus, one of several which invaded Britain and merged to become the Anglo-Saxons; an Anglian.