Dictionary

rambling en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈɹæm.blɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation, US)
• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. Of a speech: meandering, long and digressing.
2. Confused and irregular; awkward.
   • Except that the house had an immensely large rambling loft at top, I made no other discoveries. 1859, Charles Dickens, The Haunted House:
3. Winding irregularly in various directions.
   • A long somewhat rambling branch, avoiding the places most likely to supply it with traffic, but not the centres of scenic interest, began at Letterkenny and reached the sea at Burtonport. 1949 November and December, K. Longbottom, “By Goods Train to Gweedore”, in Railway Magazine, page 353:

Deriveds

unrambling · ramblingness · ramblingly

Synonyms

desultory (digressing)

Translations (13)

es incoherente (long and digressing of a speech) · de abschweifend (long and digressing of a speech) · de langatmig (long and digressing of a speech) · es que se va por tangentes (long and digressing of a speech) · mi kāwekaweka (long and digressing of a speech) · es errante (long and digressing of a speech) · cs roztahaný (long and digressing of a speech) · de weitschweifend (long and digressing of a speech) · no vidløftig, springende (long and digressing of a speech) · de palavernd (long and digressing of a speech) · mi autaki (long and digressing of a speech) · mi hikimoke (long and digressing of a speech) · es inconexo (long and digressing of a speech)

rambling en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɹæm.blɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation, US)
• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. A long meandering talk with no specific topic or direction.
   • […] listening with great interest to Martha's ramblings about "The War." 1941, Harold Sinclair, Years of Illusion, page 145:
2. A gentle hike.

Forms

Deriveds

rambling rose

Translations (30)

de Palaver (meandering talk) · nl onsamenhangend gepraat (meandering talk) · de Herumziehen (gentle hiking) · de Gerede (meandering talk) · el περίπατος (gentle hiking) · el ασυνάρτητος λόγος (meandering talk) · ga fánaíocht (gentle hiking) · de Spazierengehen (gentle hiking) · de Weitschweifigkeit (meandering talk) · es perorata (meandering talk) · fi samoilu (gentle hiking) · ga rámhaille (meandering talk) · nl wandeltocht (gentle hiking) · nl gebazel (meandering talk) · cmn 漫无边际的讲话 (meandering talk) · fi kuljeskelu (gentle hiking) · it sproloquio (meandering talk) · fi jaarittelu (meandering talk) · pl rozwlekły (meandering talk) · de Wandern (gentle hiking) · es monserga (meandering talk) · es divagación (meandering talk) · de Spaziergang (gentle hiking) · de Geschwafel (meandering talk) · bg разходка (gentle hiking) · fi jaaritus (meandering talk) · sv babbel (meandering talk) · no plapring, babling (meandering talk) · nl omzwerving (gentle hiking) · de Sermon (meandering talk)

rambling en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈɹæm.blɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation, US)
• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of ramble
   form of ramble