Straggle — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons)

wander from a direct or straight course

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/stɹˈæɡəl/

🇬🇧British English

/stɹˈaɡəl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/stɹˈaɡəl/

1 syllable Say it as /stɹˈæɡəl/.

Examples

a straggle of outbuildings
a straggle of followers
Branches straggling out quite far

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

depart sidetrack digress sprawl

Parts of Speech

noun	a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons) “a straggle of outbuildings”
verb	wander from a direct or straight course
verb	go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way “Branches straggling out quite far”

Word Forms

straggly	adjective	spreading out in different directions
straggle	verb	go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way
digression	noun	wandering from the main path of a journey
straggle	noun	a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons)
straggler	noun	someone who strays or falls behind

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

umherstreifen

eine wandernde oder ungeordnete Gruppierung (von Dingen oder Personen)

🇫🇷French

traîner

un groupement errant ou désordonné (de choses ou de personnes)

🇪🇸Spanish

rezagarse

una agrupación errante o desordenada (de cosas o personas)

🇮🇹Italian

strangolare

un raggruppamento errante o disordinato (di cose o persone)

🇳🇱Dutch

achterblijven

een rondzwervende of wanordelijke groepering (van dingen of personen)

🇵🇹Portuguese

desgarrado

um agrupamento errante ou desordenado (de coisas ou pessoas)

🇷🇺Russian

бороться

блуждающая или беспорядочная группировка (вещей или людей)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

भटक जाना

भटकता हुआ या अव्यवस्थित समूह (चीजों या व्यक्तियों का)

🇧🇩Bengali

ঝগড়া

একটি বিচরণ বা উচ্ছৃঙ্খল গ্রুপিং (জিনিস বা ব্যক্তিদের)

🇮🇳Tamil

தடுமாறி

அலைந்து திரிந்த அல்லது ஒழுங்கற்ற குழுவாக (பொருட்கள் அல்லது நபர்கள்)

🇮🇳Telugu

తడబడు

సంచారం లేదా క్రమరహిత సమూహం (వస్తువులు లేదా వ్యక్తులు)

🇮🇳Marathi

झुंजणे

भटकंती किंवा उच्छृंखल गट (गोष्टी किंवा व्यक्तींचे)

🇮🇳Gujarati

સ્ટ્રગલ

ભટકતા અથવા અવ્યવસ્થિત જૂથ (વસ્તુઓ અથવા વ્યક્તિઓનું)

🇮🇳Kannada

ಒದ್ದಾಡುತ್ತಾರೆ

ಅಲೆದಾಡುವ ಅಥವಾ ಅವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆಯ ಗುಂಪು (ವಸ್ತುಗಳು ಅಥವಾ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಗಳ)

🇮🇳Malayalam

പിണങ്ങുക

അലഞ്ഞുതിരിയുന്ന അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ക്രമരഹിതമായ ഗ്രൂപ്പിംഗ് (വസ്തുക്കളുടെയോ വ്യക്തികളുടെയോ)

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਝਗੜਾ

ਇੱਕ ਭਟਕਣਾ ਜਾਂ ਵਿਗਾੜ ਵਾਲਾ ਸਮੂਹ (ਚੀਜ਼ਾਂ ਜਾਂ ਵਿਅਕਤੀਆਂ ਦਾ)

🇵🇰Urdu

لڑکھڑانا

ایک آوارہ یا بے ترتیب گروہ بندی (چیزوں یا افراد کی)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

散乱

（事物或人的）游荡或无序的群体

🇯🇵Japanese

もがき

（物や人の）徘徊または無秩序な集団

🇰🇷Korean

뒤처지다

(사물이나 사람의) 방황하거나 무질서한 집단

🇻🇳Vietnamese

đi lộn xộn

một nhóm lang thang hoặc mất trật tự (của sự vật hoặc người)

🇹🇭Thai

พลัดหลง

การเร่ร่อนหรือการรวมกลุ่มอย่างไม่เป็นระเบียบ (ของสิ่งของหรือบุคคล)

🇮🇩Indonesian

berserakan

pengelompokan yang mengembara atau tidak teratur (benda atau orang)

🇵🇭Filipino

tumalsik

isang pagala-gala o hindi maayos na pagpapangkat (ng mga bagay o tao)

🇲🇾Malay

terkial-kial

kumpulan yang mengembara atau tidak teratur (benda atau orang)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

النضال

تجمع متجول أو غير منظم (للأشياء أو الأشخاص)

🇮🇷Persian

دست و پا زدن

گروه بندی سرگردان یا بی نظم (اشیا یا افراد)

🇹🇷Turkish

başıboş kalmak

başıboş veya düzensiz bir gruplama (şeylerin veya kişilerin)

🇮🇱Hebrew

להיחלץ

קיבוץ נודד או לא מסודר (של דברים או אנשים)

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