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gangling

The English word “gangling” has 2 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Awkwardly tall and thin, ungraceful.

noun

  1. A member of a gang.

Etymology

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

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