gangling
[gang-gling]
adjective
awkwardly tall and spindly; lank and loosely built.
Also gangly.
Origin of gangling
gangle
[gang-guh l]
verb (used without object), gan·gled, gan·gling.
Origin of gangle
First recorded in 1965–70; back formation from gangling
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Related Words for gangling
awkward, bony, gawky, lanky, lumbering, skinny, spindly, tall, thin, leggy, long-leggedExamples from the Web for gangling
Historical Examples of gangling
Four years there did the work for the gangling, silent mountaineer.
The Escape of Mr. TrimmIrvin S. Cobb
It was the first joke the gangling innovator had perpetrated.
The Brown MouseHerbert Quick
The rest were children, from gangling adolescents to one mere infant in arms.
Nightmare PlanetMurray Leinster
Look a that gangling country jay, he muttered in Osgoods ear.
The New Boys at OakdaleMorgan Scott
Long, lean and hollow cheeked, the term "gangling" fits him better than any other.
The Boy Aviators in AfricaWilbur Lawton
gangling
gangly (ˈɡæŋɡlɪ)
adjective
Word Origin for gangling
perhaps related to gangrel; see gang ²
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