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Synonyms for gangling

Grammar : Adj
Spell : gang-gling
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgæŋ glɪŋ

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Définition of gangling

Origin :
  • by 1812, a frequentative of gang in some sense involving looseness.
  • GANGLING. Tall, slender, delicate, generally applied to plants. Warw. [James O. Halliwell, "A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words," 1846]
  • adj rangy
Example sentences :
  • Four years there did the work for the gangling, silent mountaineer.
  • Extract from : « The Escape of Mr. Trimm » by Irvin S. Cobb
  • It was the first joke the gangling innovator had perpetrated.
  • Extract from : « The Brown Mouse » by Herbert Quick
  • The rest were children, from gangling adolescents to one mere infant in arms.
  • Extract from : « Nightmare Planet » by Murray Leinster
  • Look a that gangling country jay, he muttered in Osgoods ear.
  • Extract from : « The New Boys at Oakdale » by Morgan Scott
  • Long, lean and hollow cheeked, the term "gangling" fits him better than any other.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Aviators in Africa » by Wilbur Lawton
  • The horse wheeled, stepping as clumsily as a gangling yearling.
  • Extract from : « The Garden of Eden » by Max Brand
  • Long, gangling boy to start with, and a lean, stoop-shouldered man.
  • Extract from : « A Modern Instance » by William Dean Howells
  • He was then a tall, "gangling" youth, six feet one in height, with yellow hair and blue eyes.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Outlaw » by Emerson Hough
  • The gangling Texan was testing his rudder controls and flipping his ailerons with jerky movements of evident impatience.
  • Extract from : « Aces Up » by Covington Clarke
  • Come here, Rufie, said Billson, beckoning to the gangling youth.
  • Extract from : « The Girls of Central High at Basketball » by Gertrude W. Morrison

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