'Ramble' definitions:
Definition of 'ramble'
(from WordNet)
noun
An aimless amble on a winding course [syn: ramble, meander]
verb
Continue talking or writing in a desultory manner; "This novel rambles on and jogs" [syn: ramble on, ramble, jog]
verb
Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town" [syn: roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond]
Definition of 'Ramble'
From: GCIDE
- Ramble \Ram"ble\ (r[a^]m"b'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rambled (r[a^]m"b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Rambling (r[a^]m"bl[i^]ng).] [For rammle, fr. Prov. E. rame to roam. Cf. Roam.]
- 1. To walk, ride, or sail, from place to place, without any determinate object in view; to roam carelessly or irregularly; to rove; to wander; as, to ramble about the city; to ramble over the world. [1913 Webster]
- He that is at liberty to ramble in perfect darkness, what is his liberty better than if driven up and down as a bubble by the wind? --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To talk or write in a discursive, aimless way. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To extend or grow at random. --Thomson. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To rove; roam; wander; range; stroll. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ramble'
From: GCIDE
- Ramble \Ram"ble\, n.
- 1. A going or moving from place to place without any determinate business or object; an excursion or stroll merely for recreation. [1913 Webster]
- Coming home, after a short Christmas ramble. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 2. [Cf. Rammel.] (Coal Mining) A bed of shale over the seam. --Raymond. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A section of woods suitable for leisurely walking. [PJC]
- 4. a type of dance; as, the Muskrat ramble. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'ramble'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- afoot and lighthearted,
- airing,
- amble,
- babble,
- bat around,
- be insane,
- blab,
- blabber,
- blather,
- blether,
- bum,
- bumming,
- chat,
- chatter,
- clack,
- clatter,
- constitutional,
- count ties,
- depart,
- deviate,
- digress,
- discursion,
- dither,
- divagate,
- divagation,
- diverge,
- dote,
- drift,
- drifting,
- drivel,
- drool,
- err,
- errantry,
- excurse,
- flit,
- flitting,
- forced march,
- gab,
- gabble,
- gad,
- gad about,
- gadding,
- gallivant,
- gas,
- get sidetracked,
- gibber,
- gibble-gabble,
- go about,
- go adrift,
- go astray,
- go away,
- go off,
- go on,
- go the rounds,
- gossip,
- gush,
- have a demon,
- haver,
- hike,
- hit the road,
- hit the trail,
- hobo,
- hoboism,
- itineracy,
- itinerancy,
- jabber,
- jaunt,
- jaw,
- knock about,
- knock around,
- march,
- maunder,
- meander,
- mooch,
- mosey,
- mush,
- natter,
- nomadism,
- nomadize,
- palaver,
- parade,
- patter,
- perambulate,
- peregrinate,
- peregrination,
- pererrate,
- pererration,
- peripatetic journey,
- peripateticism,
- pour forth,
- prate,
- prattle,
- promenade,
- prowl,
- rage,
- ramble on,
- rambling,
- range,
- rant,
- rattle,
- rattle on,
- rave,
- reel off,
- roam,
- roaming,
- rove,
- roving,
- run about,
- run amok,
- run mad,
- run on,
- saunter,
- schlep,
- scramble,
- slaver,
- slobber,
- snake,
- spout,
- spout off,
- sprangle,
- spread-eagle,
- straddle,
- straggle,
- stray,
- straying,
- stretch,
- stroll,
- talk away,
- talk nonsense,
- talk on,
- tittle-tattle,
- tour,
- traipse,
- traipsing,
- tramp,
- travel,
- trek,
- trudge,
- turn,
- turn aside,
- twaddle,
- twattle,
- twist,
- twist and turn,
- vagabond,
- vagabondage,
- vagabondia,
- vagabondism,
- vagabondize,
- vagrancy,
- waffle,
- walk,
- walk the tracks,
- walkabout,
- walking tour,
- wander,
- wandering,
- Wanderjahr,
- wanderlust,
- wayfare,
- wayfaring,
- wind,
- yak,
- yakkety-yak