Meaning & use
Straggling
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Moving or spreading in a scattered, irregular way, often falling behind the main group.
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A few exhausted hikers were still straggling in long after the rest of the group had reached camp.
Straggling vines crept over the abandoned fence.
A note on using this word
Also used as an adjective, as in "straggling hairs" or "a straggling line of tourists," to describe something spread out unevenly.
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