gangling
Speech parts
1. gangling - Noun
2. gangling - Adjective
3. gangling - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
tall and thin
tall and thin and having long slender limbs
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An eccentric, gangling man, whose sardonic wit somewhat compensated for his shallow mind.
a gangling teenager
a lanky kid transformed almost overnight into a handsome young man
At first, he had trouble being cast in Hollywood films owing to his gangling looks and shy, humble screen presence.
Plug Plug is a lanky, gangling character with a large overbite, two buck teeth and a wide nose.
I mean, he was a gangling, physically badly co-ordinated young man.