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- Dictionarystraggling/ˈstraɡlɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. (of an irregular group) moving along slowly so as to remain some distance behind those in front: "the straggling crowd of refugees"
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to move or spread untidily and in small numbers or amounts: I put my hair up because I don't like it straggling down my back. A year after the hurricane, tourists are beginning to straggle (= come in small numbers) back to the region. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Moving unsteadily or with difficulty. blunder. bumble. dodderer.
to move or spread untidily and in small numbers or amounts: I put my hair up because I don't like it straggling down my back. A year after the hurricane, tourists are beginning to straggle (= come in small numbers) back to the region. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
to move alone or in small groups slowly and usually separated in distance or time from those who went earlier: The players straggled in for the morning practice session.
If a group is straggling, it's spread out and moving slowly. A straggling group of students going inside after recess might need to be herded and encouraged to move toward the door.
1. a. To move or proceed slowly or in a scattered or irregular group: "The millworkers straggled out for lunch" (Carson McCullers). b. To move or lag behind another or others: "Bawling calves straggled after cows" (Jean M. Auel). 2. To extend or be spread out: "The willow herb straggled over the heaps of rubble" (George Orwell). 3.
1. : to wander from the direct course or way : rove, stray. 2. : to trail off from others of its kind. little cabins straggling off into the woods. straggler. ˈstra-g (ə-)lər. noun. straggle. 2 of 2. noun. : a straggling group (as of persons or objects) Examples of straggle in a Sentence. Verb The children straggled in from outside.
to spread or be spread in a scattered fashion or at irregular intervals: The trees straggle over the countryside. to lag behind others: Some organizations have caught on to this concept, but others are straggling behind. to stray from the road, course, or line of march. to wander about in a scattered fashion; ramble.
