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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.
The meaning of STRAGGLE is to wander from the direct course or way : rove, stray. How to use straggle 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.
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.
Straggle definition: to spread or be spread in a scattered fashion or at irregular intervals. See examples of STRAGGLE used in a sentence.
1. a. To move or proceed slowly or in a scattered or irregular group: "The millworkers straggled out for lunch" (Carson McCullers). b. To move or lag behind another or others: "Bawling calves straggled after cows" (Jean M. Auel). 2. To extend or be spread out: "The willow herb straggled over the heaps of rubble" (George Orwell). 3.
Definition of straggle verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
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.
• A straggling line of women and children on the move with their meager possessions atop their heads. • One by one the travelers were straggling out of Customs. • His vignettes depict scenes of trapped journalists, straggling soldiers and gruesome battles.
