Associations to the word «Straggling»

Wiktionary

STRAGGLING, verb. Present participle of straggle

Dictionary definition

STRAGGLING, adjective. Spreading out in different directions; "sprawling handwriting"; "straggling branches"; "straggly hair".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats