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Gangling

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Awkwardly tall or long-limbed; rangy: gangling adolescents.

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adj. Awkwardly tall and thin, ungraceful.

n. A member of a gang.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Awkward and sprawling in walking; loose-jointed.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. tall and thin and having long slender limbs

adj. tall and thin

Word Usage

"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."

Equivalent

tall lean thin

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

gangly long-limbed loose-limbed lanky gawky large-boned long-legged leggy spindly freckle-faced