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gangling

adj, noun — 2 senses

gangling

adj

Etymology Perhaps from gangle, from the dialectal gang (“to go, to walk, to proceed”). Compare Swedish gänglig.

1

Awkwardly tall and thin, ungraceful.

  • A gangling teenager.
Derived terms
ganglingly
Related terms
gangly, lanky, rangy

gangling

noun

Etymology From gang + -ling.

1

Nonce word, Nonstandard A member of a gang.

  • "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.2007, Edward Estlin Cummings, Eimi:

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