straggle.
To stray, rove, or wander from a normal course and others of its kind.
Meaning & usage
To stray, rove, or wander from a normal course and others of its kind.
He straggled away from the crowd and went off on his own.
To act in a disorderly and irregular way.
Grow or hang messily.
The roses had been allowed to straggle across the path.
A few gray wisps straggled from underneath his cap.
To move along slowly so as to remain some distance behind the person or people in front.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English straglen, of uncertain origin, possibly from (or cognate to) dialectal Norwegian stragla (“to walk laboriously”).
An irregular, spread-out group.
An outlier; something that has strayed beyond the normal limits.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English straglen, of uncertain origin, possibly from (or cognate to) dialectal Norwegian stragla (“to walk laboriously”).
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