rambling Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb continue talking or writing in a desultory manner
   ramble on; ramble; jog.
   
   • This novel rambles on and jogs
2. verb move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
   ramble; 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
3. adjective satellite spreading out in different directions
   sprawling; straggling; straggly.
   
   • sprawling handwriting
   • straggling branches
   • straggly hair
4. adjective satellite (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects
   excursive; digressive; discursive.
   
   • amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things
   • a rambling discursive book
   • his excursive remarks
   • a rambling speech about this and that
5. adjective satellite of a path e.g.
   winding; wandering; meandering.
   
   • meandering streams
   • rambling forest paths
   • the river followed its wandering course
   • a winding country road

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