gangling

See also: gānglǐng

English

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

gangling (comparative more gangling, superlative most gangling)

Awkwardly tall and thin, ungraceful.
A gangling teenager.

Related terms

Translations

awkwardly tall and thin

Catalan: gànguil
French: dégingandé (fr)
Greek: κρεμανταλάς (el) m (kremantalás)
Icelandic: renglulegur (is) m
Italian: allampanato (it) m
Swedish: gänglig (sv)
Yiddish: לאַנג ווי אַ דראָנג (lang vi a drong), הויך ווי אַ דראָנג (hoykh vi a drong)

Etymology 2

From gang +‎ -ling.

Noun

gangling (plural ganglings)

(nonce word, nonstandard) A member of a gang.
- 2007, Edward Estlin Cummings, Eimi:
  "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.

Anagrams

naggling

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