ramble Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun an aimless amble on a winding course
meander.
verb continue talking or writing in a desultory manner
ramble on; jog.
- This novel rambles on and jogs
verb move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
stray; cast; swan; drift; wander; tramp; range; rove; roam; vagabond; roll.
- The gypsies roamed the woods
- roving vagabonds
- the wandering Jew
- The cattle roam across the prairie
- the laborers drift from one town to the next
- They rolled from town to town

For rammle, fr. Prov. E. rame to roam. Cf. Roam.

imperfect & past participle Rambled ; present participle & verbal noun Rambling

To walk, ride, or sail, from place to place, without any determinate object in view; to roam carelessly or irregularly; to rove; to wander; as, to ramble about the city; to ramble over the world.
He that is at liberty to ramble in perfect darkness, what is his liberty better than if driven up and down as a bubble by the wind? Locke.
To talk or write in a discursive, aimless way.
To extend or grow at random. Thomson. Syn. -- To rove; roam; wander; range; stroll.

A going or moving from place to place without any determinate business or object; an excursion or stroll merely for recreation.
Coming home, after a short Christians ramble. Swift.
Cf. Rammel. (Coal Mining) A bed of shale over the seam. Raymond.
A section of woods suitable for liesurely walking.