gangling

See also: gānglǐng

English

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

gangling (comparative more gangling, superlative most gangling)

1. Awkwardly tall and thin, ungraceful.

   A gangling teenager.

Derived terms

• ganglingly

Related terms

• gangly
• lanky
• rangy

Translations

awkwardly tall and thin

• Catalan: gànguil
• Czech: vytáhlý, čahounský
• Danish: ranglet
• French: dégingandé (fr)
• Greek: κρεμανταλάς (el) m (kremantalás)
• Hebrew: גַּמְלוֹנִי (he) m (gamloní)
• Hungarian: langaléta (hu), hórihorgas (hu)
• Icelandic: renglulegur (is) m
• Italian: allampanato (it) m
• Swedish: gänglig (sv)
• Yiddish: לאַנג ווי אַ דראָנג (lang vi a drong), הויך ווי אַ דראָנג (hoykh vi a drong)

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰóngʰos

Proto-Germanic *gangaz

Proto-West Germanic *gang

Old English gang

Middle English gang

English gang

Proto-Indo-European *-lósder.

Proto-Germanic *-ilaz

Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Germanic *-īnaz

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Germanic *-gaz

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Proto-Germanic *-ingaz

Proto-Germanic *-ilingaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ling

Old English -ling

Middle English -lyng

English -ling

English gangling

From gang + -ling.

Noun

gangling (plural ganglings)

1. (nonce word, nonstandard) A member of a gang.
   • 2007, Edward Estlin Cummings, Eimi:

     "Well, we'll meet in New York and you can see what's left of me! Bon voyage" the ganglings smirked & just beyond Grand, bang into not — da.

Anagrams

• naggling