rambling

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹæm.blɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -æmblɪŋ

Verb

rambling

1. present participle of ramble

Adjective

rambling

1. Of a speech: meandering, long and digressing.
2. Confused and irregular; awkward.
   • 1859, Charles Dickens, The Haunted House:

     Except that the house had an immensely large rambling loft at top, I made no other discoveries.

Synonyms

• (digressing): desultory

Translations

long and digressing of a speech

• German: langatmig (de), weitschweifend, abschweifend (de), palavernd (de)
• Maori: kāwekaweka, autaki, hikimoke, autaki

Noun

rambling (plural ramblings)

1. A long meandering talk with no specific topic or direction.
   • 1941, Harold Sinclair, Years of Illusion, page 145:

     […] listening with great interest to Martha's ramblings about "The War."

2. A gentle hike.

Derived terms

• rambling rose

Translations

meandering talk

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 漫无边际的讲话

• Dutch: gebazel (nl), onsamenhangend gepraat
• Finnish: jaaritus (fi), jaarittelu (fi)
• German: Palaver (de) n, Gerede (de) n, Geschwafel (de) n, Sermon (de) m, Weitschweifigkeit f
• Greek: ασυνάρτητος λόγος m (asynártitos lógos)
• Irish: rámhaille f
• Italian: sproloquio (it) m
• Polish: rozwlekły (pl) m
• Spanish: perorata (es) f

gentle hiking

• Bulgarian: разходка (bg) f (razhodka)
• Dutch: wandeltocht (nl), omzwerving (nl)
• Finnish: kuljeskelu (fi), samoilu (fi)
• German: Wandern (de), Herumziehen, Spaziergang (de), Spazierengehen
• Greek: περίπατος (el) m (perípatos)
• Irish: fánaíocht f

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