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    gangling
    /ˈɡaŋɡlɪŋ/

    adjective

    • 1. (of a person) tall, thin, and awkward in movements or bearing: "a gangling youth with a trace of down on his cheeks"

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  2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › ganglingGangling Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of GANGLING is tall, thin, and awkwardly built : lanky, gangly. How to use gangling in a sentence.

  3. www.dictionary.com › browse › ganglingGANGLING Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Gangling definition: awkwardly tall and spindly; lank and loosely built.. See examples of GANGLING used in a sentence.

  4. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishGANGLING definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    Gangling is used to describe a young person who is tall, thin, and clumsy in their movements.

  5. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishgangling adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and...

    Definition of gangling adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  6. www.thefreedictionary.com › ganglingGangling - definition of gangling by The Free Dictionary

    Define gangling. gangling synonyms, gangling pronunciation, gangling translation, English dictionary definition of gangling. adj. Awkwardly tall or long-limbed; rangy: gangling adolescents. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

  7. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › ganglingGangling - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    Definitions of gangling. adjective. tall and thin and having long slender limbs. “a gangling teenager”. synonyms: gangly, lanky, rangy. tall. great in vertical dimension; high in stature. adjective. tall and thin.

  8. www.oed.com › dictionary › gangling_adj2gangling, adj.² meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English...

    Factsheet. What does the adjective gangling mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective gangling. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. See meaning & use. How common is the adjective gangling? About 0.07 occurrences per million words in modern written English. See frequency.

  9. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › ganglinggangling | meaning of gangling in Longman Dictionary of...

    gangling meaning, definition, what is gangling: unusually tall and thin, and not able to...: Learn more.

  10. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › ganglinggangling - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

    Feb 20, 2024 · gangling (comparative more gangling, superlative most gangling) Awkwardly tall and thin, ungraceful. A gangling teenager.

  11. www.yourdictionary.com › ganglingGangling Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

    noun. A member of a gang. Wiktionary. Advertisement. Origin of Gangling. Perhaps from dialectal gang to go from Middle English gangen from Old English gangan. From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition. Perhaps from , from the dialectal gang (“to go, to walk, to proceed”). From Wiktionary. From gang +‎ -ling.