spindling

American  

[spind-ling] / ˈspɪnd lɪŋ /

adjective

1. long or tall and slender, often disproportionately so.

2. growing into a long, slender stalk or stem, often too slender or weak to remain upright.

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noun

1. a spindling person or thing.

spindling British  

/ ˈspɪndlɪŋ /

adjective

1. long and slender, esp disproportionately so

2. (of stalks, shoots, etc) becoming long and slender

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noun

1. a spindling person or thing

Etymology

Origin of spindling

First recorded in 1740–50; spindle + -ing ², -ing ¹

Example Sentences

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

And mushroom hat, brown Vigour gains His spindling roots, his haulms, his grains� The Oriental Giles.

From Time Magazine Archive

Shallow-planted asparagus sprouts earlier, but soon exhausts itself, sending up spindling, tough shoots, while the deeper-planted crowns produce large and succulent sprouts throughout the season.

From Asparagus, its culture for home use and for market: a practical treatise on the planting, cultivation, harvesting, marketing, and preserving of asparagus, with notes on its history by Hexamer, F. M.