gangling

[US]/ˈɡæŋɡlɪŋ/
[UK]/ˈɡæŋɡlɪŋ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. (of a person) tall and skinny in an unattractive way

Phrases & Collocations

a gangling teenager

awkwardly gangling

Example Sentences

a gangling adolescent transformed into a handsome adult;

The angel told the evangelist's evangel to a gang of fanged gangling gangsters.

He was a gangling teenager, all arms and legs.

The gangling man struggled to fit into the small car.

Her gangling frame made her stand out in the crowd.

The gangling basketball player towered over his opponents.

Despite his gangling appearance, he was surprisingly graceful on the dance floor.

The gangling tree cast a long shadow over the garden.

She was a gangling child, always tripping over her own feet.

The gangling figure in the distance turned out to be her long-lost brother.

The gangling horse galloped across the field with grace.

His gangling limbs made him an awkward dancer.

Real-world Examples

He was tall, thin, and gangling, with freckles, big hands and feet, and a long nose.

Source: All-Star Read "Harry Potter" Collection

Okay, now we're at 980 ft and… wait, what's that huge and gangling thing out there?

Source: Smart Life Encyclopedia

Gotobed had a peculiar walk, a gangling, shoulder-rotating progression which was quite his own.

Source: One Shilling Candle (Part Two)

His house is a rococco two-story affair, tall and gangling like an antique spinster.

Source: Cross Stream (Part 1)

He is six feet four, thin and gangling, and looks like a cross between Daniel Boone and Abraham Lincoln.

Source: Cross Creek (Part 2)

Right in the middle of the picture was Ron, tall and gangling, with his pet rat Scabbers on his shoulder and his arm around his little sister, Ginny.

Source: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Biff sensed that someone was standing in the entrance and he raised his eyes quickly. A gangling, towheaded youngster, a girl of about twelve, stood looking in the doorway.

Source: The heart is a lonely hunter.

When noon came, she put off her apron and sneaked away from the hospital while Mrs. Merriwether was busy writing a letter for a gangling, illiterate mountaineer. Scarlett felt that she could stand it no longer.

Source: Gone with the Wind

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