SPINDLELEGS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spindlelegs mean? 

• SPINDLELEGS (noun)
  The noun SPINDLELEGS has 2 senses:

1. a thin person with long thin legs

2. long thin legs

  Familiarity information: SPINDLELEGS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPINDLELEGS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A thin person with long thin legs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

spindlelegs; spindleshanks

Hypernyms ("spindlelegs" is a kind of...):

scrag; skin and bones; thin person (a person who is unusually thin and scrawny)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Long thin legs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

spindlelegs; spindleshanks

Hypernyms ("spindlelegs" is a kind of...):

leg (a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle)