'Straggle' definitions:
Definition of 'straggle'
From: WordNet
noun
A wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons); "a straggle of outbuildings"; "a straggle of followers"
verb
verb
Go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way; "Branches straggling out quite far" [syn: sprawl, straggle]
Definition of 'Straggle'
From: GCIDE
- Straggle \Strag"gle\, n. The act of straggling. [R.] --Carlyle. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Straggle'
From: GCIDE
- Straggle \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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To wander at large; to roam idly about; to ramble. [1913 Webster]
- The wolf spied out a straggling kid. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Trim off the small, superfluous branches on each side of the hedge that straggle too far out. --Mortimer. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To be dispersed or separated; to occur at intervals. "Straggling pistol shots." --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- They came between Scylla and Charybdis and the straggling rocks. --Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'straggle'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amble,
- barge,
- bat around,
- be lengthy,
- be prolonged,
- belong,
- bowl along,
- bum,
- bundle,
- clump,
- count ties,
- crane,
- dawdle,
- divagate,
- drag,
- drift,
- err,
- excurse,
- extend,
- extend out,
- fall behind,
- flit,
- flounce,
- foot,
- footslog,
- gad,
- gad about,
- gallivant,
- get behind,
- go about,
- go adrift,
- go astray,
- go the rounds,
- halt,
- hang back,
- hippety-hop,
- hit the road,
- hit the trail,
- hitch,
- hobble,
- hobo,
- hop,
- jaunt,
- jog,
- jolt,
- jump,
- knock about,
- knock around,
- lag,
- limp,
- linger,
- linger behind,
- loiter,
- lumber,
- lunge,
- lurch,
- maunder,
- meander,
- mince,
- mooch,
- mosey,
- nomadize,
- outreach,
- outstretch,
- pace,
- paddle,
- peg,
- peregrinate,
- pererrate,
- piaffe,
- piaffer,
- plod,
- prance,
- prowl,
- rack,
- ramble,
- range,
- reach out,
- roam,
- roll,
- rove,
- run about,
- sashay,
- saunter,
- scramble,
- scuff,
- scuffle,
- scuttle,
- shamble,
- shuffle,
- sidle,
- single-foot,
- skip,
- slink,
- slither,
- slog,
- slouch,
- snake,
- sprangle,
- sprawl,
- spread-eagle,
- stagger,
- stalk,
- stamp,
- stand on tiptoes,
- stomp,
- straddle,
- stray,
- stretch,
- stretch out,
- stride,
- stroll,
- strut,
- stump,
- swagger,
- swing,
- tittup,
- toddle,
- totter,
- trail,
- trail behind,
- traipse,
- tramp,
- trip,
- trudge,
- twist,
- twist and turn,
- vagabond,
- vagabondize,
- waddle,
- walk the tracks,
- wamble,
- wander,
- wayfare,
- wiggle,
- wind,
- wobble