straggle

1. v. t. To wander from the direct course or way; to rove; to stray; to wander from the line of march or desert the line of battle; as, when troops are on the march, the men should not straggle. Source: opted

2. v. t. To wander at large; to roam idly about; to ramble. Source: opted

3. v. t. To escape or stretch beyond proper limits, as the branches of a plant; to spread widely apart; to shoot too far or widely in growth. Source: opted

4. v. t. To be dispersed or separated; to occur at intervals. Source: opted

5. n. The act of straggling. Source: opted

6. n. a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons) Source: wordnet

7. v. wander from a direct or straight course Source: wordnet

8. v. go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way Source: wordnet

9. 1. To wander from the direct course or way; to rove; to stray; to wander from the line of march or desert the line of battle; as, when troops are on the march, the men should not straggle. Dryden. 2. To wander at large; to roam idly about; to ramble. The wolf spied out a straggling kid. L'Estrange. 3. To escape or stretch beyond proper limits, as the branches of a plant; to spread widely apart; to shoot too far or widely in growth. Trim off the small, superfluous branches on each side of the hedge that straggle too far out. Mortimer. 4. To be dispersed or separated; to occur at intervals. "Straggling pistol shots." Sir W. Scott. They came between Scylla and Charybdis and the straggling rocks. Sir W. Raleigh. The act of straggling. [R.] Carlyle. Source: webster

10. The act of straggling. [R.] Carlyle. Source: adambom

11. n:30/v:70 n. a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons) Source: ecdict

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