I. ram ‧ ble 1 /ˈræmb ə l/ BrE AmE verb [intransitive]
[ Date: 1400-1500 ; Origin: Perhaps from roam ]
1 . to talk for a long time in a way that does not seem clearly organized, so that other people find it difficult to understand you:
She’s getting old and she tends to ramble a bit.
2 . [always + adverb/preposition] British English to go on a walk in the countryside for pleasure ⇨ hike :
There’s plenty to discover as you ramble around this little island.
3 . a plant that rambles grows in all directions
ramble on phrasal verb British English
to talk or write for a long time in a way that other people find boring SYN go on
ramble on about
My father kept rambling on about the war.
II. ramble 2 BrE AmE noun [countable] British English
1 . a walk in the countryside for pleasure ⇨ hike :
I quite like the idea of going for a ramble one weekend.
2 . a speech or piece of writing that is very long and does not seem to be clearly organized:
In a ten-page ramble, Barre explains why he wrote the book.