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gangling

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.35 in modern English

Syllables
gan-gling
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Awkwardly tall and thin, ungraceful.

noun

A member of a gang.

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more gangling (comparative) most gangling (superlative) ganglings (plural)

Derived Forms

ganglingly

Frequently Paired Words

gangly lanky rangy

Synonyms

gangly lanky rangy

Questions

What does gangling mean?
Awkwardly tall and thin, ungraceful.
Where does gangling come from?
Perhaps from gangle, from the dialectal gang (“to go, to walk, to proceed”). Compare Swedish gänglig.

How to pronounce gangling

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