gangling

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gan·gling

(găng′glĭng)

adj.

Awkwardly tall or long-limbed; rangy: gangling adolescents.

[Perhaps from dialectal gang, to go, from Middle English gangen, from Old English gangan.]

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gangling

(ˈɡæŋɡlɪŋ) or

gangly

adj

tall, lanky, and awkward in movement

[perhaps related to gangrel; see gang²]

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gan•gling

(ˈgæŋ glɪŋ)

also gangly

adj.

awkwardly tall and spindly; lank and loosely built.

[1800–10]

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Adj.	1.	gangling - tall and thin and having long slender limbs; "a gangling teenager"; "a lanky kid transformed almost overnight into a handsome young man" gangly, lanky, rangy tall - great in vertical dimension; high in stature; "tall people"; "tall buildings"; "tall trees"; "tall ships"
	2.	gangling - tall and thin gangly, lanky lean, thin - lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare

gangling

gangly

adjective awkward, skinny, angular, lanky, rangy, rawboned, loose-jointed a gangling teenager dressed in jeans and trainers

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gangling

adjective

Tall, thin, and awkwardly built:

gangly, lanky, rangy, spindling, spindly.

Translations

طَويل وَهَزيل

čahounský

rangletspinkel

schlaff schlaksig

dégingandé

nyakigláb

renglulegur

allampanato

ilgšisišstypėlis

izstīdzējisneveikls

skranglet spinkel og tynn

vyhúknutý

leylek gibisırık gibi

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gangling

[ˈgæŋglɪŋ] ADJ [youth] → larguirucho, desgarbado; [legs] → larguirucho, desproporcionado

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gangling

[ˈgæŋglɪŋ] adj → dégingandé(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

gangling

adj → schlaksig, hoch aufgeschossen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

gangling

[ˈgæŋglɪŋ] adj → allampanato/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

gangling

(ˈgӕŋgliŋ) adjective

tall, very thin and usually awkward.

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With Joseph tiring, Gabriel was recalled into action to replace the gangling Antiguan and the burly Trinidad and Tobago tearaway responded with two critical wickets in the space of three deliveries.

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And the day Harry Elton screamed at Warren: "We're all but on the air, son," there was nothing the tall, gangling youth could do but break down in tears.

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Prosecutor Paul Rowland said: "He was carrying a black belt wrapped around his right hand, with the buckle gangling loose.

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Sean Mackle's wonderful vision picked out Gault, whose shot was hoofed off the line by Jim Ervin, but the gangling midfielder followed up to poke home the rebound.