Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of straggle
nounstraggling (countable and uncountable, plural stragglings)
plural stragglings
- countableuncountableA movement or arrangement that straggles; disorder.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivespreading out in different directions or distributed irregularly
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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straggling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/straggling
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“straggling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/straggling. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “straggling,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/straggling.
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