intr.v. strag·gled, strag·gling, strag·gles 1. a. To move or proceed slowly or in a scattered or irregular group: "The millworkers straggled out for lunch" (Carson McCullers). b. To move or lag behind another or others: "Bawling calves straggled after cows" (Jean M. Auel). 2. To extend or be spread out: "The willow herb straggled over the heaps of rubble" (George Orwell). 3. To hang limply or loosely: "the potbellied man, whose dirty hair straggled to his shoulders" (Stephen King). n. A scattered or disorderly group, as of people or things. [Middle English straglen, to wander.] straggler n. |
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