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straggle

DEFINITIONS OF: straggle

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v wander from a direct or straight course

Synonyms:
depart, digress, sidetrack
Type of:
deviate, divert
turn aside; turn away from

v go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way

“Branches straggling out quite far”
Synonyms:
sprawl
Type of:
distribute, spread
distribute or disperse widely

n a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons)

“a straggle of outbuildings”
“a straggle of followers”
Type of:
group, grouping
any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
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