Definition
A tall, thin, awkward person, especially a girl or young woman, used in dialectal English.
Etymology
From gammer (elderly woman) plus stang (a pole or stake, from Old Norse 'stöng'), suggesting someone tall and thin as a pole; dialectal British expression.
Kelly Says
The word combines two images—a gammer's experience with a pole or stake—to describe an awkward teenager, showing how dialect words often combine unexpected ingredients to describe social types.
Translations
ARالعربية
عصا قديمة
a-sa qa-dee-ma
BNবাংলা
পুরনো ক্ষুদ্র
pur-no kshu-d-ro
CACatalà
bastó antic
bas-to an-tic
CSČeština
stará hole
sta-ra ho-le
DADansk
gammel stav
gam-mel stav
DEDeutsch
Gammelstab
gam-mel-stab
ELΕλληνικά
παλιά μπαστούνι
pa-lia bas-tou-ni
ESEspañol
bastón de gamber
bas-ton de gam-ber
FAفارسی
تیر قدیمی
teer qa-di-mi
FISuomi
vanha sauva
van-ha sau-va
FRFrançais
bâton de gamme
ba-ton de gam
HEעברית
מקל ישן
me-kal ya-shan
HIहिन्दी
पुराने का बेंत
puraane ka ben-t
HUMagyar
régi bot
regi bot
IDBahasa Indonesia
tongkat kuno
tong-kat kuno
ITItaliano
bastone di gamber
bas-tone di gam-ber
JA日本語
古いものの杖
furui mono no tachi
KO한국어
노란색 지팡이
nolan-saek ji-pang-i
MSBahasa Melayu
tongkat lama
tong-kat la-ma
NLNederlands
oude stok
oude stok
NONorsk
gammel stav
gam-mel stav
PLPolski
pałka starego
pal-ka sta-re-go
PTPortuguês
bastão de gamber
bas-tao de gam-ber
RORomână
băț vechi
ba-ț ve-chi
RUРусский
палка старого
pal-ka sta-ro-go
SVSvenska
gammal stav
gam-mal stav
SWKiswahili
fimbo kale
fim-bo ka-le
TAதமிழ்
பழைய தடிய
pal-ai ta-di
TEతెలుగు
పాత కఱ్ఱ
paata kar-ra
THไทย
ไม้เท้าเก่า
mai tao kao
TLTL
matandang kawayan
ma-tan-dang ka-way-an
TRTürkçe
eski bir değneği
es-ki bir de-gne-gi
UKУкраїнська
старий посох
staryy po-sok
URاردو
پہلے کا stick
peh-lay ka stick
VITiếng Việt
cây gậy cũ
cay gay cu
ZH中文
老东西的拐杖
lao dongxi de guai zhang
ZUZU
isikhathi
i-si-kha-thi