gangling

gan gling |ˈgaNGgliNG ˈɡæŋɡlɪŋ | ▶adjective (of a person ) tall, thin, and awkward in movements or bearing. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from the verb gang 2 + -le 4 + -ing 2 .

gangling

gan |gling |ˈgaŋglɪŋ | ▶adjective (of a person ) tall, thin, and awkward in movements or bearing. DERIVATIVES gangle verb ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from the verb gang 2 + -le 4 + -ing 2 .

gangling, gangly

gangling, gangly adjective she's no longer a gangling teenager with braces: lanky, rangy, tall, thin, skinny, spindly, stringy, bony, angular, scrawny, spare; awkward, uncoordinated, ungainly, gawky, inelegant, graceless, ungraceful; dated spindle-shanked. ANTONYMS squat.

gangling, gangly

gangling, gangly adjective a gangling teenager in jeans: lanky, rangy, wiry, stringy, bony, angular, skinny, skin-and-bones, spindly, spindling, scrawny, thin, spare, gaunt, skeletal, size-zero; loosely built, loosely jointed; awkward, uncoordinated, ungainly, gawky, inelegant, graceless, ungraceful; informal like a bag of bones; dated spindle-shanked. ANTONYMS squat.

gangling

gang ling /ɡǽŋɡlɪŋ /形容詞 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗やせてひょろっとした 〈青年 〉; 動作がぎこちない .