Straggling
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A movement or arrangement that straggles; disorder. countable, uncountable
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of straggle form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 spreading out in different directions or distributed irregularly wordnet
Example
More examples"He resorted to his pint of wine for consolation, drank it all in a few minutes, and fell asleep on his arms, with his hair straggling over the table."
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