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- Dictionarystraggle/ˈstraɡl/
verb
- 1. (of an irregular group of people) move along slowly so as to remain some distance behind the person or people in front: "the children straggled behind them" Similar
noun
- 1. an untidy or irregularly arranged mass or group: "a straggle of cottages"
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STRAGGLE definition: 1. to move or spread untidily and in small numbers or amounts: 2. to move or spread in a messy way…. Learn more.
2 meanings: 1. to go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way; stray 2. to linger behind or wander from a main line or.... Click for more definitions.
1. to stray from the road, course, or line of march. 2. to wander about; ramble. 3. to spread at irregular intervals: trees straggling over the hillside.
To straggle is to veer from a route, or to wander aimlessly behind everyone else. If you plan to go to the movies but end up at a store and then a friend's house, you straggled. Straggling is a type of digressing — to straggle is to get sidetracked.
Definition of straggle verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Straggle definition: to spread or be spread in a scattered fashion or at irregular intervals. See examples of STRAGGLE used in a sentence.
STRAGGLE meaning: 1. to move or spread untidily and in small numbers or amounts: 2. to move or spread in a messy way…. Learn more.
The meaning of STRAGGLE is to wander from the direct course or way : rove, stray. How to use straggle in a sentence. to wander from the direct course or way : rove, stray; to trail off from others of its kind…
Definitions of 'straggle' 1. If people straggle somewhere, they move there slowly, in small groups with large, irregular gaps between them. [...] 2. If a small quantity of things straggle over an area, they cover it in an uneven or messy way. [...] More. Pronunciations of 'straggle' American English: strægəlBritish English: strægəl. More.
STRAGGLE definition: 1. to move more slowly than other members of a group: 2. to grow or spread out in an untidy way: . Learn more.