gangling

gan·gling

adj \ˈgaŋ-gliŋ, -glən\

Definition of GANGLING

: loosely and awkwardly built : lanky

Examples of GANGLING

1. <the riders at the barn just loved the gangling newborn colt>

Origin of GANGLING

perhaps alteration of Scots gangrel vagrant, lanky person

First Known Use: 1843

Related to GANGLING

Synonyms: lanky, gangly, rangy, spindling, spindly

Related Words: angular, bony (also boney), gaunt, lank, rawboned, scraggy, scrawny, skinny; lean, slender, slim, spare, thin; racy, reedy, spidery, stringy, twiggy, waspish, weedy, willowy, wiry; spindle-legged, spindle-shanked

Near Antonyms: beefy, bulky, chubby, chunky, heavyset, pudgy, squat, stocky, stout, stubby, stumpy, sturdy, thick-bodied, thickset, weighty; muscle-bound; corpulent, fat, fleshy, full, gross, obese, overweight, plump, portly, roly-poly, rotund, round, tubby

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Rhymes with GANGLING

angling