Definition of GANGLING

gangling

Plural: ganglings

Adjective Satellite

  • tall and thin and having long slender limbs
    • "a gangling teenager"
  • tall and thin

Adj

  • Awkwardly tall and thin, ungraceful.

Noun

  • A member of a gang.

Adjective

  • Awkwardly tall, thin, and lanky in appearance.

Examples

  • A gangling teenager.
  • The GANGLING arrangement of letters on his rack was hard to work with.

Origin / Etymology

Perhaps from gangle, from the dialectal gang (“to go, to walk, to proceed”). Compare Swedish gänglig.

Synonyms

gangly, lanky, rangy

Scrabble Score: 11

gangling: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
gangling: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
gangling: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

gangling: valid Words With Friends Word