gangling

American  

[gang-gling] / ˈgæŋ glɪŋ /

adjective

1. awkwardly tall and spindly; lank and loosely built.

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gangling British  

/ ˈɡæŋɡlɪ, ˈɡæŋɡlɪŋ /

adjective

1. tall, lanky, and awkward in movement

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Etymology

Origin of gangling

1800–10; akin to obsolete gangrel gangling person; gang ¹

Example Sentences

And so he grew older and taller—they were a tall family, with gangling legs and finely made hands—and he waited.

From Literature

The best known is NASA's ER-2, a derivative of the U-2 spy plane with a tiny fuselage and gangling, oversized wings.

From Scientific American

How did you step into Cootie’s gangling, somewhat awkward skin?

From Los Angeles Times

An awkward, gangling kid, he failed to make the team at Hoover Junior High School.

From Los Angeles Times

At first the roles that came to him were mostly comic, owing perhaps to his gangling figure and pilgrim looks — long face, sharp nose, superb eyebrows.

From New York Times