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Straggle

Straggle Meaning & Definition
Straggle Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Straggle?

[n] a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons); "a straggle of outbuildings"; "a straggle of followers"
[v] go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way; "Branches straggling out quite far"
[v] wander from a direct or straight course

Synonyms | Synonyms for Straggle: depart | digress | sidetrack | sprawl | stray

Related Terms | Find terms related to Straggle:

See Also | deviate | distribute | divert | group | grouping | spread

Straggle In Webster's Dictionary

\Strag"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Straggled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Straggling}.] [Freq. of OE. straken to roam, to stroke. See {Stroke}, v. t.] 1. To wander from the direct course or way; to rove; to stray; to wander from the line of march or desert the line of battle; as, when troops are on the march, the men should not straggle. --Dryden. 2. To wander at large; to roam idly about; to ramble. The wolf spied out a straggling kid. --L'Estrange. 3. To escape or stretch beyond proper limits, as the branches of a plant; to spread widely apart; to shoot too far or widely in growth. Trim off the small, superfluous branches on each side of the hedge that straggle too far out. --Mortimer. 4. To be dispersed or separated; to occur at intervals. ``Straggling pistol shots.'' --Sir W. Scott. They came between Scylla and Charybdis and the straggling rocks. --Sir W. Raleigh.
\Strag"gle\, n. The act of straggling. [R.] --Carlyle.

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