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Definition of "gangling" [gangling]

  • Awkwardly tall or long-limbed; rangy: gangling adolescents. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "gangling" in a sentence
  • "You might call her "gangling" -- stretched out, a bit taller and svelter and better muscled than you would think, especially in the crucial upper-arm area."
  • "As for her Cousin Martin ( "Marty" everybody called the gangling, grinning, idle ne'er-do-well of fourteen), Janice was inclined to be utterly hopeless about him from the start."
  • "Long, lean and hollow cheeked, the term "gangling" fits him better than any other."