What is the meaning of rambling?

verb

  • Continue talking or writing in a desultory manner.
    • usage: "This novel rambles on and jogs"
  • Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment.
    • usage: "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"

adjective

  • Spreading out in different directions.
    • usage: "sprawling handwriting"; "straggling branches"; "straggly hair"
  • Of e. G. Speech and writing. ( tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects)
    • usage: "amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things"; "a rambling discursive book"; "his excursive remarks"; "a rambling speech about this and that"
  • Of a path e. G..
    • usage: "meandering streams"; "rambling forest paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding country road"
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