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gangler

gangler noun: one who gangles or is gangly.

Noun

gangler (plural ganglers)

  1. One who gangles or is gangly.
    • "I'm Robert Rampart Junior," said a nine-year-old gangler, "and we want it pretty blamed quick."1993, Gardner R. Dozois, Modern Classics of Science Fiction
    • ...it had spawned this elegant square-jawed young gangler, this inspired, easy student...1994, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Fat Art Thin Art

Examples of gangler in a sentence

  • ...he was a "loping creature who looked about seven feet tall" and "had the authoritative stoop of a gangler who is born to mastery."1999, James Michael Welsh, John C. Tibbetts, editors, The Cinema of Tony Richardson: Essays and Interviews:
  • Everybody went: the spry, the shy, the podge, the gangler, the future electronic scientist, the future cop who would one night kick a diabetic to death...2000, Sylvia Plath, Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams: short stories, prose, and diary excerpts:

Forms of gangler

pluralganglers

Origin of gangler

From gangle + -er.

Questions about gangler

What does gangler mean?
Gangler means one who gangles or is gangly.
How do you use gangler in a sentence?
...he was a "loping creature who looked about seven feet tall" and "had the authoritative stoop of a gangler who is born to mastery."
What part of speech is gangler?
Gangler is a noun.
What is the plural of gangler?
The plural of gangler is ganglers.

Words near gangler in the dictionary

  1. gangle
  2. gangleader
  3. gangleaders
  4. gangled
  5. ganglefene
  6. gangler
  7. ganglers
  8. gangles
  9. ganglia
  10. gangliac
  11. ganglial

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