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)

1. Awkwardly tall and thin, ungraceful.

   A gangling teenager.

Related terms

• gangly
• lanky
• rangy

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)

1. (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