Don't ramble.
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Ramble
//ˈɹæmbəl//
Synonyms for "ramble" (197 found)
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4 entriesTranslations
75 translations across 13 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- брътвеж noun (a rambling; an instance of someone talking at length without direction)
- бръщолевене noun (a rambling; an instance of someone talking at length without direction)
- бъбрене noun (a rambling; an instance of someone talking at length without direction)
- бродя verb (to move about aimlessly)
Catalan
1 entries- xerrar verb (to talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 漫谈 noun (a rambling; an instance of someone talking at length without direction)
Finnish
3 entries- jaarittelu noun (a rambling; an instance of someone talking at length without direction)
- jaaritella verb (to talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions)
- käydä kävelylenkillä verb (to walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter)
French
4 entries- divaguer verb (to talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions)
- flâner verb (to walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter)
- radoter verb (to talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions)
- se balader verb (to walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter)
German
4 entries- Abschweifen noun (a rambling; an instance of someone talking at length without direction)
- bummeln verb (to walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter)
- schlendern verb (to walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter)
- spazieren verb (to walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter)
Hungarian
4 entries- bolyong verb (to move about aimlessly)
- bóklászik verb (to move about aimlessly)
- csapong verb (to talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions)
- csatangol verb (to walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter)
Latin
1 entries- ālūcinor verb (to talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions)
Māori
4 entries- kāwekaweka verb (to talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions)
- murakehu verb (to talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions)
- whakatīhohe verb (to move about aimlessly)
- ānau verb (to walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter)
Occitan
3 entries- landrejar verb (to walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter)
- rambiar verb (to walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter)
- se passejar verb (to walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter)
Russian
4 entries- болтовня́ noun (a rambling; an instance of someone talking at length without direction)
- пустосло́вие noun (a rambling; an instance of someone talking at length without direction)
- бормотать verb (to talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions)
- запутался в словах verb (to talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions)
Spanish
4 entries- charla que se va por tangentes noun (a rambling; an instance of someone talking at length without direction)
- divagación noun (a rambling; an instance of someone talking at length without direction)
- monserga noun (a rambling; an instance of someone talking at length without direction)
- perorata noun (a rambling; an instance of someone talking at length without direction)
Thai
1 entries- เพ้อ verb (to talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
Tom has a tendency to ramble.
Source: tatoeba (3001300)
The meeting went ages longer than it should have, because the chairman allowed people to ramble on about things that weren't on the agenda.
Source: tatoeba (3663945)
Does Tom always ramble like this?
Source: tatoeba (6078495)
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