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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Straggle \Strag"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Straggled; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Straggling.] [Freq. of OE. straken to roam, to
     stroke. See Stroke, v. t.]
     1. To wander from the direct course or way; to rove; to
        stray; to wander from the line of march or desert the line
        of battle; as, when troops are on the march, the men
        should not straggle. --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To wander at large; to roam idly about; to ramble.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The wolf spied out a straggling kid.  --L'Estrange.
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     3. To escape or stretch beyond proper limits, as the branches
        of a plant; to spread widely apart; to shoot too far or
        widely in growth.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Trim off the small, superfluous branches on each
              side of the hedge that straggle too far out.
                                                    --Mortimer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To be dispersed or separated; to occur at intervals.
        ``Straggling pistol shots.'' --Sir W. Scott.
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              They came between Scylla and Charybdis and the
              straggling rocks.                     --Sir W.
                                                    Raleigh.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Straggling \Strag"gling\,
     a. & n. from Straggle, v.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Straggle \Strag"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Straggled; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Straggling.] [Freq. of OE. straken to roam, to
     stroke. See Stroke, v. t.]
     1. To wander from the direct course or way; to rove; to
        stray; to wander from the line of march or desert the line
        of battle; as, when troops are on the march, the men
        should not straggle. --Dryden.
  
     2. To wander at large; to roam idly about; to ramble.
  
              The wolf spied out a straggling kid.  --L'Estrange.
  
     3. To escape or stretch beyond proper limits, as the branches
        of a plant; to spread widely apart; to shoot too far or
        widely in growth.
  
              Trim off the small, superfluous branches on each
              side of the hedge that straggle too far out.
                                                    --Mortimer.
  
     4. To be dispersed or separated; to occur at intervals.
        ``Straggling pistol shots.'' --Sir W. Scott.
  
              They came between Scylla and Charybdis and the
              straggling rocks.                     --Sir W.
                                                    Raleigh.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Straggling \Strag"gling\,
     a. & n. from Straggle, v.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  straggling
       adj : spreading out carelessly (as if wandering) in different
             directions; "sprawling handwriting"; "straggling
             branches"; "straggly hair" [syn: sprawling, straggly]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  straggling
     vb.
     (present participle of en straggle nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  straggling
     vb.
     (present participle of en straggle nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  straggling
     vb.
     (present participle of en straggle nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  straggling
     vb.
     (present participle of en straggle nocat=1)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Straggling /stɹˈaɡlɪŋ/
  التيه

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  straggling /stɹˈaɡlɪŋ/ 
  fluktuace

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  straggling /stɹˈaɡlɪŋ/ 
  rozptyl