straggle
[verb]
Synonyms: wander, drift, maunder, meander, mooch, ramble, range, roam, rove, stray, sprawl, scramble, sprangle, spread-eagle, straddle

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strag‧gle /ˈstræɡəl/ verb [intransitive]

1. if the people in a group straggle somewhere, they go there fairly slowly and with large spaces between them
straggle in/into/through etc
The children were beginning to straggle in from the playground.
straggle behind
Ali straggled behind, carrying the shopping.

2. to move, grow, or spread out untidily in different directions:
thin, black, straggling hair
straggle along/across/down etc
Unpainted wooden buildings straggle along the main road out of town.

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