noun the act of straggling.
2. straggle ·vt to be dispersed or separated; to occur at intervals.
3. straggle ·vt to wander at large; to roam idly about; to ramble.
4. straggle ·vt to escape or stretch beyond proper limits, as the branches of a plant; to spread widely apart; to shoot too far or widely in growth.
5. straggle ·vt to wander from the direct course or way; to rove; to stray; to wander from the line of march or desert the line of battle; as, when troops are on the march, the men should not straggle.