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Adjective straggling has 1 sense
- sprawling, straggling, straggly - spreading out carelessly (as if wandering) in different directions; "sprawling handwriting"; "straggling branches"; "straggly hair"
Antonym: tidy (indirect, via untidy)
Verb straggle has 2 senses
- sidetrack, depart, digress, straggle - wander from a direct or straight course
--1 is one way to deviate, divert
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
- sprawl, straggle - go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way; "Branches straggling out quite far"
--2 is one way to spread, distribute
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
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