spindling 1 of 2

adjective

ˈspin(d)-liŋ How to pronounce spindling (audio)
Definition of spindlingnext
as in spindly
being tall, thin and usually loose-jointed a sickly, spindling child who spent most of his time indoors

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spindling

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verb

present participle of spindle
as in stabbing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spindling
  1. spindly
  2. stabbing
  3. skinny
  4. jabbing
  5. gaunt
  6. spitting
  7. lanky
  8. impaling
Adjective
  • Too few nutrients, or not enough fertilizer, for petunias looks like leggy, spindly growth, pale color, few or no blooms, and slow growth.
    — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 July 2026
  • These wonders can grow as strange, twisted bushes or as giant, spindly trees.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 July 2026
Definition of spindly
Verb
  • The 74-year-old had been convicted of stabbing his wife to death in 1992.
    — Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 16 July 2026
  • The department’s homicide detectives and crime scene investigators took over the stabbing investigation, collecting evidence and questioning witnesses.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026
Definition of stabbing
Adjective
  • Core fits across skinny, slim, bootcut and straight continue to make up most of the Levi’s bottoms business, which grew 6 percent in Q2.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 10 July 2026
  • Instead of reaching for skinny jeans that’ll cling to your skin, opt for a relaxed style with more room for a breezy feel.
    — Nicol Natale, PEOPLE, 10 July 2026
Definition of skinny
Verb
  • The show ushered in a new era of winking, elbow-jabbing meta-musicals.
    — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 26 June 2026
  • The audience groaned, while Vergara and Mel B screamed for Strange to stop jabbing at his partner through the box.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 17 June 2026
Definition of jabbing
Adjective
  • The church’s punishment, however, delivered in front of the congregants, is an eerie ritual performed by a gaunt, severe visitor (Nicholas Hope).
    — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
  • Brig is in the Upper Valais, a gaunt and conservative place where the inhabitants speak Walliser German, an Alpine dialect that many Swiss people find unintelligible.
    — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Definition of gaunt
Verb
  • And then there were watermelon-eating and seed-spitting contests and old fashioned sack races.
    — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 July 2026
  • Some three hours into the four-hour drive, the road plunged into a dizzying scribble of hairpin bends, eventually spitting us out into the Colca Valley, where, at the end of 2023, Andean pitched up Puqio.
    — Chris Schalkx, Travel + Leisure, 4 July 2026
Definition of spitting
Adjective
  • His junior season, though, is when that lanky frame finally filled out.
    — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 15 July 2026
  • Six days after the Yankees' first 15 batters couldn't get a hit off Bennett, the lanky left-hander retired the Angels' first 13 batters before Vaughn Grissom's fifth-inning single.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 2026
Definition of lanky
Verb
  • Hickory Hills and Bridgeview area residents stood outside their apartment building Friday looking at the roof blown off and a piece of wood impaling a garage.
    — Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026
  • Back in the family’s house, the walking corpse shoves a boy onto the dishwasher, impaling him full of cutlery.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 15 Apr. 2026
Definition of impaling
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