Definition of straggle - Reverso English Dictionary
Verb
1.
laggingintr. move slowly behind others in a groupintr.
- The hikers began to straggle behind the leader.
2.
wanderingintr. wander from a direct path or courseintr.
- He tends to straggle off the main trail.
3.
scatteringtr./intr. Rare spread out in an irregular or untidy waytr./intr. Rare
- The toys straggle across the living room floor.
Noun
1.
groupRare irregular, spread-out group of people or thingsRare
- The hikers formed a straggle along the trail.
2.
statisticsRare outlier or something beyond normal limitsRare
- The lone tree was a straggle on the plain.
Expressions with straggle
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move slowly and behind others in a scattered way
The last hikers straggle along behind the group.
Origin of straggle
Middle English, straclen (to wander)
Examples of straggle in a sentence
The tourists began to straggle away from the group. The children straggle behind during the hike. Tourists often straggle away from the group. The hikers began to straggle along the trail. Papers straggle across his cluttered desk. A straggle of ducks waddled across the park.
The straggle of protesters moved slowly down the street. In the data set, there was a straggle that skewed the results. The unexpected straggle in the survey puzzled the researchers.
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- French:traîner, groupe dispersé, ...
- German:zurückbleiben, zerstreute Gruppe, ...
- Italian:rimanere indietro, gruppo sparso, ...
- Spanish:rezagarse, grupo disperso, ...
- Portuguese:ficar para trás, grupo disperso, ...
- Chinese:落后, 散乱的队伍, ...
- Japanese:遅れる, ばらばら, ...
- Arabic:تَخَلَّفَ, مجموعة متفرقة, ...
- Hebrew:לְהִשְׁתָּרֵךְ, קְבוּצָה מְפוּזֶרֶת וְלֹא אַחִידָה שֶׁל אֲנָשִׁים אוֹ דְּבָרִים, ...
- Russian:плестись, разбросанная группа, ...
- Ukrainian:відставати, розкидана група, ...
- Hindi:पीछे छूटना, बिखरा हुआ समूह, ...
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