He straggled away from the crowd and went off on his own.
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Straggle
//ˈstɹæɡl̩//
Synonyms for "straggle" (150 found)
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Strong matches (45)
Related words (75)
piaffepiafferplodpranceprojectprowlrackramblerangereach outremainroamrollroverun aboutsashaysaunterscramblescuffscuffle
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scuttleshambleshufflesidetracksidlesingle-footskipslinkslitherslogslouchsnakespranglespread eaglespread-eaglestaggerstalkstampstand on tiptoesstay onstompstraddlestraystretchstretch outstridestrollstrutstumpswaggerswingtittuptoddletottertrailtrail behindtraipsetramptriptrudgetwisttwist and turnvagabondvagabondizewaddlewalk the trackswamblewanderwayfarewigglewindwobble
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Translations
35 translations across 10 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- блуждая verb (to wander about)
- отклонявам се verb (to stray from the road)
- разпръсвам се verb (to spread at irregular intervals)
Czech
2 entries- courat se verb (to wander about)
- trousit se verb (to wander about)
Dutch
1 entries- afdwalen verb (to stray from the road)
Esperanto
1 entries- devojiĝi verb (to stray from the road)
Finnish
3 entries- eksyä verb (to stray from the road)
- kuljeksia verb (to wander about)
- levitellä verb (to spread at irregular intervals)
German
4 entries- abschweifen verb (to stray from the road)
- abspreizen verb (to spread at irregular intervals)
- abweichen verb (to stray from the road)
- ausstrecken verb (to spread at irregular intervals)
Italian
4 entries- disperdersi verb (to stray from the road)
- distaccarsi verb (to stray from the road)
- girovagare verb (to wander about)
- sparpagliarsi verb (to spread at irregular intervals)
Latin
1 entries- pālor verb (to wander about)
Māori
3 entries- tūtārere verb (to stray from the road)
- tūtārere verb (to wander about)
- tūtārere verb (to spread at irregular intervals)
Russian
4 entries- блужда́ть verb (to wander about)
- броди́ть verb (to wander about)
- отби́ться verb (to stray from the road)
- сби́ться verb (to stray from the road)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
What, feareful coward, ſtragling from the camp, When Kings themſelues are preſent in the field?
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The wolf spy'd out a straggling Kid.
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Trim off the small, superfluous branches on each side of the hedge that straggle too far out.
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