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Pronunciation: [stɹˈaɡə͡lz] (IPA)

Straggles is a word that typically refers to disordered or scattered groupings of people or things. Synonyms for straggles include meanders, wanders, zigzags, and weaves. All of these terms evoke the idea of being loosely or chaotically arranged, without clear organization or direction. Some other synonyms for straggles are stretched out, dispersed, spread out, and wandering around. This type of language can be used to describe a variety of situations, from describing the movements of wild animals in a nature documentary to characterizing the movements of shoppers in a crowded mall during the holiday season. Whether used literally or figuratively, synonyms for straggles can help add color and detail to descriptive writing.
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A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Straggles

Newlyn, home of the painting colony known all the world over, is close to Penzance, and straggles up the side of a terrific hill.
"Cornwall"
G. E. Mitton
The large, fresh-water lake formed by the Kalani-Gunga, which, on its course from the hills to the sea, covers nearly a hundred miles, straggles about the town in irregular lines, so that at one point it very nearly joins the sea.
"The Pearl of India"
Maturin M. Ballou
It straggles up the Klondyke for three miles, and then the houses are found at intervals of a quarter of a mile.
"All about the Klondyke gold mines"
J. Armoy Knox J. G. Pratt

Famous quotes with Straggles

  • ...one straggles gracelessly through a wilderness of common sense. It is an experience for which the reader of modern criticism is unprepared: in that jungle through which one wanders, with its misshapen and extravagant and cannibalistic growths, bent double with fruit and tentacles, disquieting with their rank eccentric life, one comes surprisingly on something so palely healthy: a decorous plant, without thorns or flowers, rootless in the thin sand of the drawing room.
    Randall Jarrell

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