"gangling" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more gangling [comparative], most gangling [superlative]
Etymology: Perhaps from gangle, from the dialectal gang (“to go, to walk, to proceed”). Compare Swedish gänglig. Head templates: {{en-adj}} gangling (comparative more gangling, superlative most gangling)
  1. Awkwardly tall and thin, ungraceful. Derived forms: ganglingly Related terms: gangly, lanky, rangy Translations (awkwardly tall and thin): gànguil (Catalan), vytáhlý (Czech), čahounský (Czech), ranglet (Danish), dégingandé (French), κρεμανταλάς (kremantalás) [masculine] (Greek), גַּמְלוֹנִי (gamloní) [masculine] (Hebrew), langaléta (Hungarian), hórihorgas (Hungarian), renglulegur [masculine] (Icelandic), allampanato [masculine] (Italian), gänglig (Swedish), לאַנג ווי אַ דראָנג (lang vi a drong) (Yiddish), הויך ווי אַ דראָנג (hoykh vi a drong) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-gangling-en-adj-SUr81alj Categories (other): English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ling, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 96 4 Disambiguation of English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons: 94 6 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 95 5 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 95 5 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 95 5 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ling: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 97 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Forms: ganglings [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree 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 ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-Germanic *-ilingaz Proto-West Germanic *-ling Old English -ling Middle English -ling English -ling English gangling From gang + -ling. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|gang|-ling|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree 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 ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-Germanic *-ilingaz Proto-West Germanic *-ling Old English -ling Middle English -ling English -ling English gangling [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-lós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-ilaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" }, { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-n̥kʷo-", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" }, { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal adjectives", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-nós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-iHnos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-īnaz", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectives", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-kos", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-gaz", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-ingaz", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-ilingaz", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-ling", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-ling", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ling", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ling", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "gangling", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="gangling"> From gang + -ling. Head templates: {{en-noun}} gangling (plural ganglings)
  1. (nonce word, nonstandard) A member of a gang. Tags: nonce-word, nonstandard
    Sense id: en-gangling-en-noun-nqyxVvRv
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Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "awkwardly tall and thin",
      "word": "dégingandé"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "kremantalás",
      "sense": "awkwardly tall and thin",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κρεμανταλάς"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "lang_code": "he",
      "roman": "gamloní",
      "sense": "awkwardly tall and thin",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "גַּמְלוֹנִי"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "awkwardly tall and thin",
      "word": "langaléta"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "awkwardly tall and thin",
      "word": "hórihorgas"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "sense": "awkwardly tall and thin",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "renglulegur"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "awkwardly tall and thin",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "allampanato"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "awkwardly tall and thin",
      "word": "gänglig"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "lang_code": "yi",
      "roman": "lang vi a drong",
      "sense": "awkwardly tall and thin",
      "word": "לאַנג ווי אַ דראָנג"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "lang_code": "yi",
      "roman": "hoykh vi a drong",
      "sense": "awkwardly tall and thin",
      "word": "הויך ווי אַ דראָנג"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gangling"
}

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      "form": "ganglings",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        "A member of a gang."
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}

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