Straggle - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈstræɡl|  American pronunciation of the word straggle
Brit.  |ˈstræɡ(ə)l|  British pronunciation of the word straggle

noun

- a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons)
a straggle of outbuildings
a straggle of followers

verb

- wander from a direct or straight course (syn: depart, digress, sidetrack)
- go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way (syn: sprawl)

Extra examples

Her hair straggled untidily over the pillow.

The road straggled onward into the mystery of the primeval forest.

His once-thick brown hair was a gray straggle.

Now there is but a thin straggle of stunted trees.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: straggle
he/she/it: straggles
present participle: straggling
past tense: straggled
past participle: straggled
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