gangling
- adjective
- /ˈɡæŋɡlɪŋ/
:
desgarbado
- When I went there, there was this tall gangling die constantly circulating between the top floor of the building.
- a gangling man
- tall and gangling
Examples
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"He looks awkward and gangling, like a good meal and a little love would do him.
Fiction book (1990) -
She'd been a gangling, skinny kid, as he recalled.
Fiction book (2001) -
The compact little bodies and fresh round faces of the elementary children, then the more gangling, somewhat awkward forms of those who hovered around puberty.
Fiction book (1999) -
He was a tall, gangling teenager, often tripping over his own feet during basketball practice.
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The gangling figure stumbled awkwardly across the hallway, drawing smiles from his classmates.
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She remembered her gangling appearance in high school, all long limbs and untamed hair.
Synonyms
19
4.0
A person who is tall and thin with long arms and legs that look a little awkward
9
6.1
Being tall and thin with long, awkward arms and legs
4
7.3
Moving or looking awkward and clumsy
4
7.2
Tall and thin with long arms and legs
Thin and weak in a way that makes it likely to break
Antonyms
How Thin
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gangling comes from an old root gang that meant 'to walk'. Imagine someone with long, loose arms and legs who walks in an awkward way, and that image explains why gangling means tall, thin, and ungainly.