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straggle

[ strag-uhl ]

verb (used without object)

straggled, straggling.
  1. to spread or be spread in a scattered fashion or at irregular intervals:

    The trees straggle over the countryside.

  2. to lag behind others:

    Some organizations have caught on to this concept, but others are straggling behind.

  3. to stray from the road, course, or line of march.
  4. to wander about in a scattered fashion; ramble.


straggle

/ 藞蝉迟谤忙伞蓹濒 /

verb

  1. to go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way; stray
  2. to linger behind or wander from a main line or part
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞蝉迟谤补驳驳濒颈苍驳濒测, adverb
  • 藞蝉迟谤补驳驳濒测, adjective
  • 藞蝉迟谤补驳驳濒别谤, noun
  • 藞蝉迟谤补驳驳濒颈苍驳, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 蝉迟谤补驳路驳濒别谤 noun
  • 蝉迟谤补驳路驳濒颈苍驳路濒测 adverb
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of straggle1

First recorded in 1350鈥1400; Middle English straglen, of uncertain origin, perhaps a variant of strackle (unrecorded), frequentative of obsolete strake 鈥渢o go, move鈥 ( -le ( def ) ); stagger ( def )
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of straggle1

C14: of uncertain origin; perhaps related to strake and stretch
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The youngest, the straggling teenaged L氓ke, was born off the grid and has no identity, legally speaking.

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This time around he follows straggling young people in Peru, Taiwan, and Sri Lanka, first separately until the geographical distance between them collapses and their timelines overlap.

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Mr Foldi, the conservative journalist and Rogan super fan, says the attention that Trump will get from this podcast could help him dominate the closing days of the campaign and win over straggling undecided voters.

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A few locals straggled nearby, pretending to shop while eavesdropping.

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Meanwhile, this country鈥檚 now 22-year-old war on terror straggles on in its own devastating fashion, with threats of worse to come in plain sight.

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