If you describe someone, especially a young person, as ~, you mean they are awkward and clumsy.
...a ~ lad with spots.
= gangling
ADJ
If you describe someone, especially a young person, as ~, you mean they are awkward and clumsy.
...a ~ lad with spots.
= gangling
ADJ
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012