Synonyms for gangling
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : gang-gling |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈgæŋ glɪŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for gangling Other synonyms for the word gangling
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
- 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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