- present participle of spindle.
spindling
Americanadjective
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long or tall and slender, often disproportionately so.
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growing into a long, slender stalk or stem, often too slender or weak to remain upright.
noun
adjective
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long and slender, esp disproportionately so
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(of stalks, shoots, etc) becoming long and slender
noun
Etymology
Origin of spindling
Example Sentences
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Dior’s saddle bags, spindling stiletto heels, Tiffany & Co.’s heart-shaped charm bracelets — all visual elements of Paris Hilton’s “rich bitch” phenomenon — heralded a trend for brazen excess.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2017
Take private classes in felting, drop spindling, rug hooking, natural dyeing and basic weaving.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2015
Practicing against men has taught them that the most effective shots are not necessarily the swiftest, that the spindling bat should be controlled not with the forearm, like a tennis racquet, but with the wrist.
From Time Magazine Archive
It had spindling wire wheels, an exposed engine, a radiator which looked like part of an egg crate and perpendicular steering gear, like a truck.
From Time Magazine Archive
A pair of huge, gray, faded cotton pants draped his spindling legs in wrinkled folds, and an equally faded khaki shirt hung from his stooped shoulders.
From A Thought For Tomorrow by Robert E. Gilbert
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