rambling

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• Rambling — Ram bling (r[a^]m bl[i^]ng), a. Roving; wandering; discursive; as, a rambling fellow, talk, or building. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• rambling —    Rambling has been a popular activity throughout this century, although numbers have risen significantly as leisure time and car ownership have increased. The Rambler’s Association, which was formed in 1931, represents the rights of walkers,… …   Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture

• rambling — [adj1] disconnected, wordy circuitous, confused, desultory, diffuse, digressive, discursive, disjointed, incoherent, incongruous, irregular, long winded, periphrastic, prolix; concept 267 Ant. connected, direct, straightforward rambling [adj2]… …   New thesaurus

• rambling — index circuitous, desultory, discursive (digressive), indirect, labyrinthine, loquacious, profuse, pr …   Law dictionary

• rambling — ram|bling1 [ˈræmblıŋ] adj [usually before noun] 1.) a rambling building has an irregular shape and covers a large area ▪ a rambling old farmhouse 2.) rambling speech or writing is very long and does not seem to have any clear organization or… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• rambling — [[t]ræ̱mblɪŋ[/t]] 1) ADJ: usu ADJ n A rambling building is big and old with an irregular shape. ...that rambling house and its bizarre contents. 2) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n (disapproval) If you describe a speech or piece of writing as rambling, you… …   English dictionary

• rambling — adjective 1 a building that is rambling has an irregular shape and covers a large area: a large rambling house on the hillside 2 speech or writing that is rambling is very long and does not seem to have any clear organization or purpose: a long… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• rambling — ramblingly, adv. ramblingness, n. /ram bling/, adj. 1. aimlessly wandering. 2. taking an irregular course; straggling: a rambling brook. 3. spread out irregularly in various directions: a rambling mansion. 4. straying from one subject to another; …   Universalium

• rambling — adjective 1) a rambling speech Syn: long winded, verbose, wordy, prolix; digressive, maundering, roundabout, circuitous, tortuous, circumlocutory; disconnected, disjointed, incoherent Ant: concise …   Thesaurus of popular words

• rambling — I UK [ˈræmblɪŋ] / US adjective 1) a rambling speech or piece of writing is long and confusing 2) a rambling house has a lot of different parts and covers a large area II UK [ˈræmblɪŋ] / US noun [uncountable] the activity of going for long walks… …   English dictionary

• rambling — /ˈræmblɪŋ/ (say rambling) adjective 1. wandering about aimlessly. 2. taking an irregular course; straggling. 3. spread out irregularly in various directions: a rambling mansion. 4. straying from one subject to another: *she could still reasonably …