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rambling

[ ram-bling ]

adjective

  1. aimlessly wandering.
  2. taking an irregular course; straggling:

    a rambling brook.

  3. spread out irregularly in various directions:

    a rambling mansion.

  4. straying from one subject to another; desultory:

    a rambling novel.

    Synonyms: discursive



rambling

/ ˈræmblɪŋ /

adjective

  1. straggling or sprawling haphazardly; unplanned

    a rambling old house

  2. (of speech or writing) lacking a coherent plan; diffuse and disconnected
  3. (of a plant, esp a rose) profusely climbing and straggling
  4. nomadic; wandering


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Other Words From

  • rambling·ly adverb
  • rambling·ness noun
  • un·rambling adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of rambling1

First recorded in 1615–25; ramble + -ing 2

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Example Sentences

Like a Jack in the Box just sprung from coiled captivity, he begins rambling excitedly.

In rambling posts, he called himself a loser, and wrote that he must be either bipolar or a psychopath.

The rocker posted a rambling video on his Facebook page claiming he's broke and penniless.

After about one minute of rambling, a woman runs up on stage and directs someone to turn his microphone off.

If I could sum it up in a few choice words, I would, but instead I hem and haw, before stumbling through some rambling rejoinder.

The modern castle is a massive, rambling, brown-stone building less than a hundred years old, now servingPg 161 as a county court.

Our efforts proved successful and a neat, courteous young woman showed us over the rambling house.

Black Hoof and his braves had a great fear of the girl when she began her rambling talk.

The thoughts chased one another round my brain and back again, all running into one another in their rambling.

They amused themselves by fishing, shooting and rambling about.

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