gangling en · ADJ · etymology 1
Etymology
Perhaps from gangle, from the dialectal gang (“to go, to walk, to proceed”). Compare Swedish gänglig.
Meanings
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Awkwardly tall and thin, ungraceful.
A gangling teenager.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more gangling | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most gangling | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
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Translations (14)
yi לאַנג ווי אַ דראָנג (awkwardly tall and thin) · yi הויך ווי אַ דראָנג (awkwardly tall and thin) · ca gànguil (awkwardly tall and thin) · is renglulegur (awkwardly tall and thin) · hu hórihorgas (awkwardly tall and thin) · cs vytáhlý (awkwardly tall and thin) · hu langaléta (awkwardly tall and thin) · it allampanato (awkwardly tall and thin) · da ranglet (awkwardly tall and thin) · fr dégingandé (awkwardly tall and thin) · sv gänglig (awkwardly tall and thin) · he גַּמְלוֹנִי (awkwardly tall and thin) · el κρεμανταλάς (awkwardly tall and thin) · cs čahounský (awkwardly tall and thin)