Associations to the word «Straggle»
Wiktionary
STRAGGLE, verb. To stray from the road, course or line of march.
STRAGGLE, verb. To wander about; ramble.
STRAGGLE, verb. To spread at irregular intervals.
STRAGGLE, verb. 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.
STRAGGLE, verb. To be dispersed or separated; to occur at intervals.
STRAGGLE, noun. The act of straggling.
Dictionary definition
STRAGGLE, noun. A wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons); "a straggle of outbuildings"; "a straggle of followers".
STRAGGLE, verb. Wander from a direct or straight course.
STRAGGLE, verb. Go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way; "Branches straggling out quite far".
Wise words
Every once in a while, you let a word or phrase out and you
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