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• 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 Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• straggle — (v.) c.1400, to wander from the proper path, to rove from one s companions, perhaps from a Scandinavian source (Cf. dialectal Norw. stragla to walk laboriously ), or a frequentative of straken to move, go. Specifically of soldiers from 1520s.… …   Etymology dictionary

• straggle — [strag′əl] vi. straggled, straggling [ME straglen, prob. for * straklen, freq. of straken, to go about, wander, roam] 1. to stray from the path or course, or wander from the main group 2. to wander or be scattered over a wide area; ramble 3. to… …   English World dictionary

• straggle — ► VERB 1) trail slowly behind the person or people in front. 2) grow or spread out in an irregular, untidy way. ► NOUN ▪ an irregular and untidy group. DERIVATIVES straggler noun straggly adjective. ORIGIN …   English terms dictionary

• straggle — strag|gle [ˈstrægəl] v [I] 1.) if the people in a group straggle somewhere, they go there fairly slowly and with large spaces between them straggle in/into/through etc ▪ The children were beginning to straggle in from the playground. straggle… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• straggle — straggler, n. stragglingly, adv. /strag euhl/, v.i., straggled, straggling. 1. to stray from the road, course, or line of march. 2. to wander about in a scattered fashion; ramble. 3. to spread or be spread in a scattered fashion or at irregular… …   Universalium

• straggle — I. intransitive verb (straggled; straggling) Etymology: Middle English straglen Date: 15th century 1. to wander from the direct course or way ; rove, stray 2. to trail off from others of its kind < little cabins straggling off into the woods > •… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• straggle — verb a) To stray from the road, course or line of march. He straggled away from the crowd and went off on his own. b) To wander about; ramble …   Wiktionary

• straggle — strag·gle || strægl v. fall behind, wander away from, stray from; ramble, wander; grow or spread out in an untidy or irregular fashion …   English contemporary dictionary

• straggle — verb 1》 move along slowly so as to trail behind the person or people in front. 2》 grow or spread out in an irregular, untidy way. noun an irregular and untidy group. Derivatives straggler noun straggly adjective Origin ME: perh. from dialect… …   English new terms dictionary

• straggle — v 1. stray, wander off, digress, deviate; detour, go round about. 2. ramble, wander, wander around, meander; amble, amble about, gad, gad about, jaunt; nomadize, peregrinate, flit, traipse; drift, mosey, shuffle, stumble or limp or hobble along;… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder