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ganglinggan‧gling /ˈɡæŋɡlɪŋ/ adjective   ganglingOrigin: 1800-1900 Perhaps from Scottish English gangrel ‘wanderer, tall thin person’ (14-20 centuries) - A gangling mixed breed of Labradors and mongrel hounds and terriers.
- At the next rack a gangling teenager in jeans was looking at Brass Band Selections.
- He was tall and gangling with a slack mouth and appeared to be holding something behind his back.
- He, the gangling lad, always head and shoulders above his classmates and always sniffing.
- Over in the dock the accused, a gangling boy of about nineteen, was smirking.
- Perhaps she felt she might look old with a gangling adolescent son round the place.
words for describing someone who is tall► tall · Martin was tall and thin, with curly blond hair.· At the age of fifteen he was already six foot three and the tallest boy in the school.· The photographer asked the taller people to stand at the back of the group.· Who is that tall bloke standing next to Diane?grow tall/taller · Sebastian was now fifteen, and had grown tall and strong. ► lanky a man who is lanky is tall and thin, and has very long legs: · We were met by a tall, lanky youth called Yusef.· a lanky sixteen-year-old boy ► gangling/gangly use this about a young person who is tall and thin with very long legs and arms, and moves in an awkward way: · Janet introduced me to her son, a shy, gangling teenager.· a tall, gangly youth ► leggy a woman who is leggy is tall and attractive with long legs: · Robert arrived at the party with a leggy brunette.· a tall, leggy blonde ► a giant use this about a man who is very tall, especially when you are surprised at how tall he is: · Bigger even than his father, who was a tall man, James was a giant.a giant of a man: · The biggest of the three brothers was a sad-faced giant of a man. unusually tall and thin, and not able to move gracefully SYN lanky:  an awkward gangling teenager |