gangling
See also: gānglǐng
English
Etymology 1
Perhaps from gangle, from the dialectal gang (“to go, to walk, to proceed”).
Adjective
gangling (comparative more gangling, superlative most gangling)
- Awkwardly tall and thin, ungraceful.
- A gangling teenager.
Related terms
- gangly
- lanky
- rangy
Translations
awkwardly tall and thin
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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.
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