Gangling

adj, noun

adj, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A member of a gang. nonce-word, nonstandard

    ""Well, we'll meet in New York and you can see what's left of me! Bon voyage" the ganglings smirked & just beyond Grand, bang into not — da."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Awkwardly tall and thin, ungraceful.

    "A gangling teenager."

Adjective
  1. 1
    tall and thin wordnet
  2. 2
    tall and thin and having long slender limbs wordnet

Synonyms

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ganglybonycarrioncolossalflatflat-chested

Example

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""Well, we'll meet in New York and you can see what's left of me! Bon voyage" the ganglings smirked & just beyond Grand, bang into not — da."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Perhaps from gangle, from the dialectal gang (“to go, to walk, to proceed”). Compare Swedish gänglig.

Etymology 2

From gang + -ling.

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