1. Spreading out in different directions
   - sprawling, straggling, straggly 
2. (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects
   "a rambling discursive book"; "a rambling speech about this and that"
   - digressive, discursive, excursive 
3. Of a path e.g.
   "rambling forest paths"
   - meandering, wandering, winding

1. Long talk or text without a clear structure or message

1. Continue talking or writing in a desultory manner
   "This novel rambles on and jogs"
   - ramble on, jog 
2. Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
   - roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, rove, range, drift, vagabond

Derived forms: ramblings

See also: indirect, rambler, untidy

Type of: bang on, carry on, continue, go, go on, locomote, move, proceed, travel

Encyclopedia: Ramble

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