straggleverb [ I usually + adv/prep ]
uk/ˈstræɡ.əl/us/ˈstræɡ.əl/to move or spread untidily and in small numbers or amounts:
I put my hair up because I don't like it straggling down my back.
A year after the hurricane, tourists are beginning to straggle (= come in small numbers) back to the region.
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Moving unsteadily or with difficulty
- blunder
- bumble
- doddery
- falter
- galumphing
- limp
- lollop
- lumber
- lurch
- reel
- schlep
- shamble
- shuffle
- squeeze
- stagger
- stumble
- toil
- totter
- trip (sb) up
- waddle
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Spreading and scattering
Slow and moving slowly