strag ‧ gle /ˈstræɡ ə l/ BrE AmE verb [intransitive]
1 . if the people in a group straggle somewhere, they go there fairly slowly and with large spaces between them
straggle in/into/through etc
The children were beginning to straggle in from the playground.
straggle behind
Ali straggled behind, carrying the shopping.
2 . to move, grow, or spread out untidily in different directions:
thin, black, straggling hair
straggle along/across/down etc
Unpainted wooden buildings straggle along the main road out of town.