The meaning of Rambling

verb

Walk or move at a slow, relaxed pace.

Usage examples:

They ambled along the riverbank

noun

A walk at a slow, relaxed pace, especially for pleasure.

Usage examples:

A peaceful riverside amble

verb

To walk in a slow and relaxed way

Usage examples:

The couple ambled along, arm in arm.

verb

Talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way.

Usage examples:

They babbled on about their holiday

noun

(of a flowing water) make a continuous murmuring sound.

Usage examples:

The shallow river babbled over smooth rocks

combining form

Forming nouns denoting confusing or pretentious jargon, especially that characteristic of a particular field or group.

Usage examples:

Psychobabble

noun

A rucksack.

Usage examples:

If you don't attend many conferences you won't have noticed that it seems to be fashionable to give…

verb

Travel or hike carrying one's belongings in a rucksack.

Usage examples:

He has backpacked around the world

noun

A bag carried on the back, usually of cloth with many pockets and straps that go over your shoulders, used to carry things

Usage examples:

We backpacked through the colorado rockies last summer., a line of backpackers passed us on the tra…

verb

Talk in a long-winded way without making very much sense.

Usage examples:

She began blathering on about spirituality and life after death

noun

Long-winded talk with no real substance.

Usage examples:

All the blather coming out of washington about crime

verb

Talk in a long-winded way without making very much sense.

Usage examples:

There's plenty of stuff i could blether about from today

noun

Long-winded talk with no real substance.

Usage examples:

Some stupid blether about puns surrounding the beatles

noun

→  blather informal

verb

Talk in a long-winded way without making very much sense.

Usage examples:

I won't blither on too much about the job itself

noun

Long-winded talk with no real substance.

adjective

Showing a casual and cheerful indifference considered to be callous or improper.

Usage examples:

A blithe disregard for the rules of the road

verb

Talk informally about unimportant matters.

Usage examples:

She was chattering about her holiday

noun

Informal talk.

Usage examples:

He was full of inconsequential but amusing chatter

verb

To talk continuously and usually for no serious purpose

Usage examples:

The boys and girls kept chattering during the movie., birds chattered in the trees., the printer wa…

adjective

(of a route or journey) longer than the most direct way.

Usage examples:

The canal followed a circuitous route

adjective

Not straight or direct; roundabout

Usage examples:

We took a circuitous route home., the train tracks wound circuitously through the canyons.

adjective

Using many words where fewer would do, especially in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive; long-winded.

Usage examples:

He has a meandering, circumlocutory speaking style

adjective

Relating to something said in an indirect way

Usage examples:

He began in a circumlocutory way, but eventually had to be fairly blunt., it was a difficult interv…

adjective

(of a plant) growing along the ground or other surface by means of extending stems or branches.

Usage examples:

Creeping ivy can do damage to the wall surface

verb

Move slowly and carefully in order to avoid being heard or noticed.

Usage examples:

He crept downstairs, hardly making any noise

adjective

Happening, developing, or moving slowly or gradually

Usage examples:

We are totally against any form of creeping socialism.

verb

Spread over a wide area or between a large number of people.

Usage examples:

Technologies diffuse rapidly

adjective

Spread out over a large area; not concentrated.

Usage examples:

The diffuse community which centred on the church

verb

To spread or cause something to spread in many directions

Usage examples:

[ t ] television is a powerful means of diffusing knowledge., [ t ] the guide tried to diffuse the …

adjective

Characterized by digression; tending to depart from the subject.

Usage examples:

A digressive account

adjective

Digressive speech or writing moves away from the main subject

Usage examples:

His interview style is often wildly digressive, and frequently mischievous., the plot is digressive…

adjective

Having had a connection broken.

Usage examples:

He expected the disconnected phone to start ringing

verb

Break the connection of or between.

Usage examples:

If the axle unit is partially disconnected from the body, the car should not be driven

adjective

Not related, or not having any clear purpose or pattern

Usage examples:

These are disconnected events, of no wider significance., disconnected thoughts, we have become dis…

adjective

Digressing from subject to subject.

Usage examples:

Students often write dull, second-hand, discursive prose

adjective

Involving discussion

Usage examples:

A discursive essay, a discursive writer/speech

adjective

Lacking a coherent sequence or connection.

Usage examples:

Piecing together disjointed fragments of information

verb

Disturb the cohesion or organization of.

Usage examples:

The loss of the area disjointed military plans

adjective

(esp. of words or ideas) not well connected or well ordered, and therefore often confusing

Usage examples:

She gave a disjointed account of getting lost in the woods.

verb

Be carried slowly by a current of air or water.

Usage examples:

The cabin cruiser started to drift downstream

noun

A continuous slow movement from one place to another.

Usage examples:

There was a drift to the towns

noun

Nonsense.

Usage examples:

Don't talk such drivel!

verb

Talk nonsense.

Usage examples:

He was drivelling on about the glory days

noun

Something written or said that is completely worthless; nonsense

Usage examples:

The papers are filled with drivel about movie stars.

verb

Talk at length, typically about trivial matters.

Usage examples:

Franny walked past a woman gabbing on the phone

noun

Talk; chatter.

Usage examples:

Fans should prefer her smooth delivery to the gab prevalent around the league

verb

To talk continuously and eagerly, esp. about unimportant matters

Usage examples:

The two of us were always gabbing away., along with his gift for gab, he has a great grasp of human…

verb

Talk rapidly and unintelligibly.

Usage examples:

He gabbled on in a panicky way until he was dismissed

noun

Rapid unintelligible talk.

Usage examples:

She wasn't very good at the random gabble of teenagers

verb

To speak quickly and not clearly so that it is difficult to understand

Usage examples:

Gabble away she started gabbling away at me in spanish and i didn't understand a word., gina, as us…

adjective

Excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters.

Usage examples:

A garrulous cab driver

adjective

Having the habit of talking a lot, esp. about unimportant things

Usage examples:

I had talked too much about myself and felt like a garrulous old fool.

noun

A substance or matter in a state in which it will expand freely to fill the whole of a container, having no fixed shape (unlike a solid) and no fixed volume (unlike a liquid).

Usage examples:

Hot balls of gas that become stars

adjective

Short for gasoline.

Usage examples:

We stopped for gas

noun

A form of matter that is neither solid nor liquid and can increase in size to fill any container

Usage examples:

We’re running low on gas., hundreds of thousands of soldiers were gassed in world war i.

noun

A long walk or walking tour.

Usage examples:

A five-mile hike across rough terrain

verb

Walk for a long distance, especially across country.

Usage examples:

They hiked across the moors

verb

To walk a long distance, esp. in the countryside

Usage examples:

We plan to hike from lake to lake., i’ve got to hike back to my car to get my jacket., dairies have…

verb

Talk in a rapid, excited, and often incomprehensible way.

Usage examples:

He jabbered on about football

noun

Rapid, excited, and often incomprehensible speech.

Usage examples:

Now, if you're going to fight me, stop the jibber jabber and let's get started!

verb

To speak or say something quickly in a way that is difficult to understand

Usage examples:

Jay was jabbering on about this and that.

noun

A short excursion or journey made for pleasure.

Usage examples:

Her regular jaunts to europe

verb

Go on a short journey for pleasure.

Usage examples:

They went jaunting through ireland

noun

Each of the upper and lower bony structures in vertebrates forming the framework of the mouth and containing the teeth.

Usage examples:

In others, the way the upper and lower jaws meet can cause teeth to look unsightly and lead to an i…

verb

Talk at length; chatter.

Usage examples:

I was too busy to spend time jawing with the rest of the crew

noun

Either of the two bony parts bordering the mouth that hold your teeth in place

Usage examples:

The upper/lower jaw

idiom

Using or containing too many words

adjective

(of speech or writing) continuing at tedious length.

Usage examples:

A long-winded question

adjective

Capable of doing something for a long time without becoming breathless.

verb

Talk in a rambling manner.

Usage examples:

Dennis maundered on about the wine

verb

To talk or write in a confused way, often for a long time

Usage examples:

Tony continued to maunder on about his great passion., he maundered about her being the best thing …

verb

Talk in a rambling manner.

Usage examples:

Dennis maundered on about the wine

adjective

(of writing or speech) confused and long or lasting for a long time

Usage examples:

They are both utterly predictable not just in their opinions but in the maundering way they deliver…

verb

Walk or move in a leisurely manner.

Usage examples:

We decided to mosey on up to montgomery

noun

A leisurely walk or drive.

Usage examples:

I'll just have a mosey round

verb

To walk or go slowly, usually without a special purpose

Usage examples:

I think i’ll mosey on down to the beach for a while.

adjective

Neither parallel nor at right angles to a specified or implied line; slanting.

Usage examples:

We sat on the settee oblique to the fireplace

noun

Another term for slash1 (sense 2 of the noun).

verb

Walk or travel through or round a place or area, especially for pleasure and in a leisurely way.

Usage examples:

The locals perambulate up and down the thoroughfare

verb

To walk about for pleasure

verb

Travel or wander from place to place.

Usage examples:

We peregrinated over stanmore, and visited the castles of bowes and brougham

adjective

(of speech or writing) indirect and circumlocutory.

Usage examples:

The periphrastic nature of legal syntax

verb

To move somewhere slowly and with no real purpose

Usage examples:

They were pootling along country roads in a very old car., tom pootled off into the house.

verb

Talk foolishly or at tedious length about something.

Usage examples:

I heard him prate on for at least an hour and a half

verb

To talk stupidly, or about things that are not important, for a long time

Usage examples:

Inevitably there's some caller prating on about the decline in moral standards.

verb

Talk at length in a foolish or inconsequential way.

Usage examples:

She began to prattle on about her visit to the dentist

noun

Foolish or inconsequential talk.

Usage examples:

Do you intend to keep up this childish prattle?

verb

To talk in a silly way or like a child for a long time about things that are not important or without saying anything important

Usage examples:

She'd have prattled on about her new job for the whole afternoon if i'd let her., stop your prattli…

adjective

(of speech or writing) using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy.

Usage examples:

He found the narrative too prolix and discursive

adjective

Using too many words and therefore boring or difficult to read or listen to

Usage examples:

The author's prolix style has done nothing to encourage sales of the book.

adjective

Lying stretched out on the ground with one's face downwards.

Usage examples:

There was a man praying before an idol, lying prostrate

verb

Throw oneself flat on the ground so as to be lying face downwards, especially in reverence or submission.

Usage examples:

She prostrated herself on the bare floor of the church

adjective

Lying flat with the face down

Usage examples:

She lay there prostrate, exhausted after a long day's work.

abbreviation

Argentina (international vehicle registration).

noun

The chemical element of atomic number 88, a rare radioactive metal of the alkaline earth series. it was formerly used as a source of radiation for radiotherapy.

noun

The distance of a point east of the first point of aries, measured along the celestial equator and expressed in hours, minutes, and seconds.

noun

The area of variation between upper and lower limits on a particular scale.

Usage examples:

The cost will be in the range of $1–5 million a day

verb

Vary or extend between specified limits.

Usage examples:

Prices range from £30 to £100

adjective

(of a person or their lifestyle) orderly; settled.

Usage examples:

It's possible to be too rangé

verb

Move about or travel aimlessly or unsystematically, especially over a wide area.

Usage examples:

Tigers once roamed over most of asia

noun

An aimless walk.

Usage examples:

Did you get to explore the city or have a roam around bath?

verb

To walk or travel without any real purpose or direction

Usage examples:

[ i ] our dog just likes to roam.

noun

A road junction at which traffic moves in one direction round a central island to reach one of the roads converging on it.

Usage examples:

Turn right at the next roundabout

adjective

Not following a short direct route; circuitous.

Usage examples:

We need to take a roundabout route to throw off any pursuit

adjective

Not simple, direct, or quick

Usage examples:

You took the roundabout way to get here.

verb

Travel constantly without a fixed destination; wander.

Usage examples:

He spent most of the 1990s roving about the caribbean

noun

A journey, especially one with no specific destination; an act of wandering.

Usage examples:

A new exhibit will electrify campuses on its national rove

verb

Form (slivers of wool, cotton, or other fibre) into roves.

verb

Walk in a slow, relaxed manner.

Usage examples:

Adam sauntered into the room

noun

A leisurely stroll.

Usage examples:

A quiet saunter down the road

verb

(of an irregular group of people) move along slowly so as to remain some distance behind the person or people in front.

Usage examples:

The children straggled behind them

adjective

(of an irregular group) moving along slowly so as to remain some distance behind those in front.

Usage examples:

The straggling crowd of refugees

verb

Present participle of straggle

Usage examples:

I put my hair up because i don't like it straggling down my back., a year after the hurricane, tour…

verb

Wander about aimlessly.

Usage examples:

Stravaiging about the roads

verb

Walk in a leisurely way.

Usage examples:

I strolled around the city

noun

A short leisurely walk.

Usage examples:

We took a stroll in the garden

verb

To walk in a slow, relaxed manner, esp. for pleasure

Usage examples:

We could stroll into town if you like., sometimes he would take a stroll before dinner.

verb

Make a series of sounds by blowing a horn, trumpet, or similar instrument.

Usage examples:

He tootled on the horn

noun

An act or sound of blowing a horn, trumpet, or similar instrument.

Usage examples:

The tootle and thump of the band

verb

To go, especially to drive, slowly

Usage examples:

The car in front was just tootling along through the beautiful scenery.

verb

Draw or be drawn along behind someone or something.

Usage examples:

Alex trailed a hand through the clear water

noun

A mark or a series of signs or objects left behind by the passage of someone or something.

Usage examples:

A trail of blood on the grass

noun

A long thin part or line stretching behind or hanging down from something.

Usage examples:

Smoke trails

verb

Walk or move wearily or reluctantly.

Usage examples:

Students had to traipse all over london to attend lectures

noun

A tedious or tiring journey on foot.

Usage examples:

But the japanese site looked so interesting, that i had a traipse around it.

verb

To walk from one place to another, often feeling tired or bored

Usage examples:

I spent the day traipsing around the shops, but found nothing suitable for her., more than 6 millio…

verb

Walk heavily or noisily.

Usage examples:

He tramped about the room

noun

A person who travels from place to place on foot in search of work or as a vagrant or beggar.

Usage examples:

In this category fall some of the adaptive activities of psychotics, autists, pariahs, outcasts, va…

verb

To walk with heavy steps

Usage examples:

[ i ] i’ve been tramping through museums all day., tramps knew the houses where you got good food.,…

noun

A long arduous journey, especially one made on foot.

Usage examples:

A trek to the south pole

verb

Go on a long arduous journey, typically on foot.

Usage examples:

We trekked through the jungle

verb

To walk a long way or with some difficulty

Usage examples:

Many people trekked for miles to reach safety., it’s a long trek from the railroad station to the s…

verb

(of a bird) give a call consisting of repeated light tremulous sounds.

Usage examples:

Sparrows twittered under the eaves

noun

A series of short, high-pitched calls or sounds.

Usage examples:

His words were cut off by a faint electronic twitter

noun

The name of a social networking site on the internet for communicating with people quickly

noun

A person who wanders from place to place without a home or job.

Usage examples:

Vagabond tales is loosely based around the adventures of a musical vagabond who travels around the …

adjective

Having no settled home.

Usage examples:

A vagabond poacher

verb

Wander about as or like a vagabond.

Usage examples:

He went vagabonding about the world

adjective

Using or expressed in more words than are needed.

Usage examples:

Much academic language is obscure and verbose

adjective

Using or containing more words than are necessary

Usage examples:

A verbose explanation/report/speech/style, he was a notoriously verbose after-dinner speaker.

adjective

(of a plant) growing as a vine with climbing or trailing woody stems.

Usage examples:

Growing tomatoes or any vining plant this way really makes the best use of your garden space.

noun

The separation of leguminous crops from their vines and pods.

verb

Move at a regular pace by lifting and setting down each foot in turn, never having both feet off the ground at once.

Usage examples:

I walked across the lawn

noun

(of a batsman) leave the field without waiting to be given out by the umpire.

Use one's feet to advance; advance by steps

verb

Walk or move in a leisurely or aimless way.

Usage examples:

I wandered through the narrow streets

noun

An act or instance of wandering.

Usage examples:

She'd go on wanders like that in her nightgown

verb

Move or cause to move in a sinuous or circular course

adjective

Travelling aimlessly from place to place; itinerant.

Usage examples:

A wandering preacher

verb

Walk or move in a leisurely or aimless way.

Usage examples:

I wandered through the narrow streets

verb

Speak at length about trivial matters.

Usage examples:

She'd been wittering on about jennifer and her illness

verb

To talk for a long time about things that are not important

Usage examples:

He'd been wittering on about his neighbours for half the morning.

adjective

Using or expressed in rather too many words.

Usage examples:

A wordy and repetitive account

adjective

Containing too many words

Usage examples:

Your memo is too wordy – make it short and to the point.

verb

Chatter.

Usage examples:

What's he yabbering about?

noun

A large domesticated wild ox with shaggy hair, humped shoulders, and large horns, used in tibet as a pack animal and for its milk, meat, and hide.

Usage examples:

Milk products were common in the form of sour cream and butter from cows and yaks.

verb

Talk at length about trivial or boring subjects.

Usage examples:

She wondered what he was yakking about

noun

A type of cattle with long hair and long horns, found mainly in tibet

verb

Talk incessantly; chatter.

Usage examples:

Dear old betty was yattering at me on sunday

noun

Incessant talk.

Usage examples:

There is no place like home for random yatter