Lanky

What do we mean by lanky?

Tall, thin, and often ungainly. synonym: lean. adjective

Somewhat lank; tending to or characteristic. of lankness or leanness.

Somewhat lank; tall, thin, bony and ungraceful. adjective

Somewhat lank; tall, slim, and rather ungraceful or awkward. adjective

Tall and thin and having long slender limbs adjective

Tall and thin adjective

Tall, slim, and rather ungraceful or awkward.

Someone who has relatively long yet thin arms and legs. A lanky person is often tall and thin. Urban Dictionary

Who says lanky is an insult? it's a compliment. most models are lanky: tall and skinny. a lanky walk, run, or dance is the best thing you could see. lanky people rock. most of them are really cool. lanky people look good in almost anything too and they could get away with anything they wear. they are on top of the world and everyone looks up to them :) Urban Dictionary

Definitely not neccesarily an insult, although like most words it can be used as one if the low-life insulting another person is that stupid. Mostly used as an amusing comment or nickname. Disproportionately tall and thin, especially referring to long arms and legs. Urban Dictionary

Tya; long body, model-like; long-legged; EXTREMELY LONG. super skinny. Urban Dictionary

Someone who is tall and very thin, often used a a nickname or slaging term guy:hey lanky, wats up lanky : not much also used to refer to someones appearance in a conversation. "damn that tiarnan McCarry is lanky" Urban Dictionary

A guy with no style or grace. he has a funny face, he can handstand when he needs to and stretch his arms out just for you. he can inflate himself just like a balloon. Urban Dictionary

A person who is not only exceptionally tall, but extremely skinny as well. Often accompanied by very poor physical co-ordination. Urban Dictionary

Degrading insult...kinda harsh Urban Dictionary

1.Very tall and skinny, 2.no muscle, 3.dodgy looking from bein so tall and skinny Urban Dictionary

Egg; A six-foot three-inch kid. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to lanky:
lanky, lanka, lank, lasky, lanny, landy, laney, hanky, lansky, panky, lany, lancy, banky, larky, blanky, lanks, laky, manky, linky, anky, tanky, lacky, langy, lankly, clanky, wanky, janky, lanby, flanky.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word lanky:
impure, moss, tails, terrestrial, feeding, legs, frame, bills, kong, defender, nose, hair, tiny, adapted, feet, cooper, tall, looked, birds, skin, eyes, figure, arms, appearance, dark, build, body, strong, man, face, voice, boy.

Words that rhyme with lanky:
cranky, yankee, skanky, panky, hanky, hanky panky, manky, hankie, ranchi, frankie, hankey, blankie, sankey, hank panky, francie, franke, stankey, yankey, bank e, bank he, bank quay, blank e, blank he, blank key, branki, drank he, flank he, frank e, frank he, frank key, huang qi, liang qi, pankki, plank he, postipankki, prank he, rank he, sank he, sankei, tank e, tank he, wang qi, yang qi, zhang qi.

Adjectives that are often used to describe lanky:
tall.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective lanky:
man, frame, boy, figure, fellow, body, youth, legs, girl, hair, form, guy, woman, kid, lad, arms, individual, build, men, teenager, limbs, cowboy, student, person, texan, officer, boys, lawyer, one, son, gentleman, appearance, american, chap, youngster, creature, friend, type, soldier, farmer, redhead, arm, sergeant, height, child, fingers, lieutenant, stranger, bodies, blonde, dog, stride, captain, feet, englishman, grace, physique, player, locks, stems, southerner, trees, blond, look, brunette, giant, pitcher, actor, sailor, pilot, wisps, irishman, figures, youths, fellows, length, companion, husband, horse, engineer, doctor, dogs, driver, sort, leg, mountaineer, president, shape, lincoln, strides, brother, agent, girls, footer.

Consonant match to lanky:
lanka, linker, lanker, lanchow, linchi, ling ko, lenker, lanchou, lanka a, link a, link e, link he, link her, link key, link o, long key, lung chi, lung qi.

Words that sound like lanky:
lanky, lanka, linky, lanco, lanchou, lungki, lackey, blankie, lank, blanky, lenka, lanc, lanker, lemke, clanky, lanx, longi, ling ko, lankly, lankier, lakki, lamco, yankee, hanky, hankie, hankey, yankey, yankie, link, length, lingo, links, linked, lengthy, blanco, leaky, latke, langley, flunky, clunky, blinky, linx, linker, lanny, blanka, laka, lakey, lango, lankan, flunkey, latchkey, linc, linga, lammy, linke, leakey, leckie, lasky, langur, lenk, laca, lansky, laki, lancs, langa, lannie, laky, laskey, lacko, lnk, lanni, liki, blinkie, langly, langar, limca, lincs, blanko, linck, leki, lammi, lammie, lenga, lammey, lenker, linq, lancon, lacca, lancha, lnc, lacquey, lanchow, langarey, langot, langya, laquey, lawki, lemco, lincc, lnx.