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View synonyms for gangling
gangling
[ gang-gling ]
adjective
- awkwardly tall and spindly; lank and loosely built.
gangling
/ ˈɡæŋɡlɪ; ˈɡæŋɡlɪŋ /
adjective
- tall, lanky, and awkward in movement
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gangling1
perhaps related to gangrel ; see gang ²
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Example Sentences
Look a that gangling country jay, he muttered in Osgoods ear.
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The second of the three was a gangling kid who probably never gave me a second look, let alone a third.
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Yet there were times, now he was come to a gangling fourteen, when Luke's philosophy threatened to fail him.
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His wide mouth opened with a grin of pleasure; he came forward with gangling strides.
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A gangling youth in the latter's employ was on the buggy seat and he recognized the Foam Flake first and his driver next.
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