Link Centre Dictionary

straggle

UK/ˈstɹæɡl̩/ US/ˈstræɡʌl/ fairly common
verb (2) noun (1)

verb

1.
2.

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

  • “Branches straggling out quite far”
Synonyms

noun

1.

a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons)

  • “a straggle of outbuildings”
  • “a straggle of followers”

Origin

From Middle English straglen, of uncertain origin, possibly from (or cognate to) dialectal Norwegian stragla (“to walk laboriously”).

Phrases

  • straggling money

Related words

Word family

Broader terms

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.