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- Dictionarygangling/ˈɡaŋɡlɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. (of a person) tall, thin, and awkward in movements or bearing: "a gangling youth with a trace of down on his cheeks"
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The meaning of GANGLING is tall, thin, and awkwardly built : lanky, gangly. How to use gangling in a sentence.
Gangling is used to describe a young person who is tall, thin, and clumsy in their movements.
Gangling definition: awkwardly tall and spindly; lank and loosely built.. See examples of GANGLING used in a sentence.
Definition of gangling adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Define gangling. gangling synonyms, gangling pronunciation, gangling translation, English dictionary definition of gangling. adj. Awkwardly tall or long-limbed; rangy: gangling adolescents. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
Definitions of gangling. adjective. tall and thin and having long slender limbs. “a gangling teenager”. synonyms: gangly, lanky, rangy. tall. great in vertical dimension; high in stature. adjective. tall and thin.
The earliest known use of the adjective gangling is in the mid 1700s. OED's earliest evidence for gangling is from 1764, in the writing of T. A. Arne. gangling is apparently formed within English, by derivation.
gangling meaning, definition, what is gangling: unusually tall and thin, and not able to...: Learn more.
Feb 20, 2024 · gangling (comparative more gangling, superlative most gangling) Awkwardly tall and thin, ungraceful. A gangling teenager.
noun. A member of a gang. Wiktionary. Advertisement. Origin of Gangling. Perhaps from dialectal gang to go from Middle English gangen from Old English gangan. From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition. Perhaps from , from the dialectal gang (“to go, to walk, to proceed”). From Wiktionary. From gang + -ling.
