1
[ verb ] wander from a direct or straight course

Synonyms

stray digress depart sidetrack

Used in print

(Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)

Even before the benches had dried , the Civil_War veterans were straggling back to their places .

Related terms

deviate

2
[ verb ] go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way

Synonyms

sprawl

Examples

"Branches straggling out quite far"

Used in print

(The New York Times...)

One high-up camera shot is magnificent , as the Germans straggle from a cathedral , dotting a huge , cobblestone square , and drop their weapons .

Related terms

spread

3
[ noun ] a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons)

Examples

"a straggle of outbuildings" "a straggle of followers"

Related terms

group sprawl

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Rhymes with

struggle strangle bedraggle wrangle toggle algal gaggle tangle angle haggle goggle wriggle regal entangle untangle disentangle spangle snuggle smuggle stengel prodigal madrigal boggle beigel juggle dangle bangle portugal rectangle segal jangle gurgle giggle wangle mangle gull tingle spiegel madrigal boondoggle jungle eagle ogle fungal triangle squiggle frugal mongol extralegal paralegal shingle bagel beagle jiggle hegel single antifungal seagull legal wiggle mogul finagle bugle conjugal bengal bingle dingle illegal jingle centrifugal mingle finagle commingle intermingle

Phonetic and Homophones

S T R AE1 G AH0 L

Similar Spelling

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