Definitions for rambling
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1. sprawling, straggling, rambling, stragglyadjective

   spreading out in different directions

   "sprawling handwriting"; "straggling branches"; "straggly hair"

2. digressive, discursive, excursive, ramblingadjective

   (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects

   "amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things"; "a rambling discursive book"; "his excursive remarks"; "a rambling speech about this and that"

3. meandering(a), rambling, wandering(a), windingadjective

   of a path e.g.

   "meandering streams"; "rambling forest paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding country road"

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1. ramblingnoun

   A long meandering talk with no specific topic or direction.

2. ramblingnoun

   A gentle hike.

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1. Rambling

   of Ramble

2. Ramblingadjective

   roving; wandering; discursive; as, a rambling fellow, talk, or building

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1. marbling

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of rambling in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of rambling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of rambling in a Sentence

1. Scott C. Holstad:

   Sure, I’ve written about women and sex and madhouses, just like Bukowski did, but I’ve also written about many other topics, often utilizing other stylistic methods in doing so. Bukowski would probably have been annoyed with the rambling tone of my poems in Cells.

2. Muharrem Ince:

   In recent days, as Tarzan has faced trouble, he's been rambling, we know he doesn't have a university diploma, but I'm wondering if he even has a middle school one.

3. Dick Durbin:

   President Trumps recorded conversation with Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger is more than a pathetic, rambling, delusional rant, his disgraceful effort to intimidate an elected official into deliberately changing and misrepresenting the legally confirmed vote totals in his state strikes at the heart of our democracy and merits nothing less than a criminal investigation.

4. Marcus Aurelius Antoninus:

   Be not careless in deeds, nor confused in words, nor rambling in thought.

5. Billy Madison:

   Principal Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

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