Reverse Dictionary: LANK

ADJECTIVES
► BEANPOLISH tall or long and slender; lanky → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BROOMSTICKY tall or long and slender; lanky → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CRANE long and lanky → 1697
► GANGLING of straggling growth; loosely built, awkwardly long in stature, tall and slender, lanky → 1808
► GANGLY tall or long and slender; lanky → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GANTERING awkward, lanky, straggling, weedy → 1900 Eng. dial.   (Bk.)
► GANTY-GUTTED ► GAUNTY-GUTTED lean, lanky, gaunt → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HERRING-GUTTED having a narrow, thin body like a herring; lanky, thin, lean, bony → 1726
► LANGREL tall, lanky → 1608 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► LANKIN lanky → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LANKISH somewhat lank → 1689 obs.
► LANKITY long and slender, lanky → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LANKREL over-tall and thin; lanky → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LANNIKY lanky → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LONG-GEARED lanky → 1891 US sl.
► LONG-SPARRED tall, lanky → 1925 Amer. nautical sl.
► MACILENT thin, lean, lank, emaciated; shrivelled; having little flesh → 1535
► PULLED THROUGH A KNOT-HOLE tall or long and slender; lanky → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► RAMMELY of a boy: fast-growing, tall, lanky → 1887 Sc.
► REELY lanky → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► REIBIE ► RIBIE tall and thin; lank, slender, spare → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► RENKY tall and too thin; lanky → 1790 Eng. dial.
► RIBISH tall and thin; lank, slender, spare → 1904 N. Ireland (Bk.)
► SCRANK lank, lean, ill-formed, slender → 1846 Sc.
► SCRANKY lean, lank, thin, scraggy; withered, wrinkled → 1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SCRAWING awkwardly tall, lanky; straggling; long and thin → 1897 Eng. dial.
► SCRAWMY irregular, unshapely; lanky, large, straggling, spreading → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCREELY long, lanky; pinched, miserable-looking → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SHELLY of a thin, bony, and lanky build → 1866
► SKRANK lank, lean, ill-formed, slender → 1846 Sc.
► SKRANKY lean, lank, thin, scraggy; withered, wrinkled → 1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SLABSIDED tall or long and slender; lanky → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SLAPSIDED tall or long and slender; lanky → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SLINKY tall or long and slender; lanky → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SPINDLY tall or long and slender; lanky, thin → 1827 Amer. sl.
► TANGLE-LIKE lanky, gangling→ c1850 Sc.
► THIRDLE ► THURDLE of persons and animals: gaunt, lank, thin, hungry-looking → 1746 Eng. dial.
► THIRL of persons and animals: gaunt, lank, thin, hungry-looking → 1746 Eng. dial.
► WEEDY used to denote unhealthy thinness and weakness;  tall or long and slender; lanky→ 1852 sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► BALD-RIB a lean, lanky person → 1621
► BEAN-POLE a lanky fellow → 1837
► BEANSTICK a lanky fellow → 1823
► BEANSTOCK a tall, lanky person → 1945 criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► DADDY-LONG-LEGS a tall, lanky person with long legs → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► DUKE OF LIMBS a tall, lanky person; one with ungainly limbs → 1888 sl.
► FENCE RAIL a very thin, lanky person → c1960 Amer. dial.
► GAD a tall, slender, or lanky person → 1867 Eng. dial.
► GANGERELL ► GANGREL ► GANGRIL ► GANGRILL a tall, lanky, ungainly person → 1585 arch. & Eng. dial.
► GANT a very tall and thin or lanky person; generally applied to a woman → 1825 Sc.
► GAS-PIPE a tall or lanky person → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► GAWKIN a hobbledehoy; a lanky, ungainly fellow → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GENT a very tall and thin or lanky person; generally applied to a woman → 1825 Sc.
► GIBLETS an ironical name for a thin, lanky, bony person → 1882 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GILLIEGAPUS ► GILLIEGAUKIE ► GILLIE-GAWKIE ► GILLIGACUS ► GILLY-GACUS ► GILLY-GAPUS ► GILLY-GAUKIE ► GILLY-GAUPIE ► GILLY-GAUPUS ► GILLY-GAWKER ► GILLY-GAWKIE ► GILLY-GAWPIE ► GILLY-GAWPOCK ► GILLY-GAWPUS ► GILLY-GAWPY a foolish or silly person; a simpleton; a person who is lanky, awkward, or stares stupidly → 1719 Sc.
► HANNIEL a long lanky person → 1805 Eng. dial.
► HAY-CROOK a long, lanky, hungry-looking man → 1808 Eng. dial.
► HERRING-RIBS a lanky, bony person → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HIGHPOCKETS a tall, lanky person; also used as a nickname for such a person → 1912 Amer. dial.
► LANGLE a long, lanky person; anything long and loose in movement → 1931 Ireland & Sc.
► LANK a lanky or lean person → 1881
► LEERUP a tall, gangling person; a lanky youth → 1910 Sc.
► LONGSHANKS a tall, lanky, or long-legged person → 1889 Amer. dial. 
► MACKAREL-BACK ► MACKEREL-BACK a very tall, lank person → a1700 cant obs.
► MOON-FIXER a very tall, usually lanky, person → c1950 Amer. dial.
► RACAN a lanky, raw-boned person → 1997 Irish sl.
► SAWNEY ► SAWNY an indolent person; a lanky person → 1950 Amer. dial.
► SCRIBE a thin, lank person or animal; a poor, puling creature; a shabby or oddly-dressed person; a guy → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SKELPER a tall, lanky person → 1854 Eng. dial.
► SLANGRELL a lanky person → 1592 obs.
► SPAIG a person with long, ill-shaped legs; a tall, lanky person → 1825 Sc.
► SPAIGIN a tall, lank person → 1825 Sc.
► TANGLE a tall, lank person → 1768 Sc. obs.
► TRYPAL a tall, lanky, or slovenly person → 788 Sc.
► WHANG a thin, lanky person → 20C Irish sl.
► WILLOW-WAND a thin, lanky person → 1825 Sc.
► WINDLESTRAW one who is thin or lanky, weak in health or character, or of little strength or importance → 1818 Sc.

VERBS
► LANKEN to grow lean and lanky → 1874 obs. (Bk.)