Dictionary Definition
ramble n : a leisurely walk (usually in some
public place) [syn: amble,
promenade, saunter, stroll, perambulation]
Verb
1 continue talking or writing in a desultory
manner; "This novel rambles on and jogs" [syn: ramble on,
jog]
2 move about aimlessly or without any
destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies
roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The
cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town
to the next"; "They rolled from town to town" [syn: roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, rove, range, drift, vagabond]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -æmbəl
Translations
- Finnish: huvikävely, kävelylenkki
Verb
- To move about aimlessly, or on a winding course; to walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter.
- To talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many
digressions.
- Francine has a tendency to ramble when it gets to be late in the evening.
Translations
to move about aimlessly, or on a winding course
- Finnish: kuljeskella, samoilla
to walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter
- Finnish: käydä kävelylenkillä
to talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or
incoherently, with many digressions
- Finnish: jaaritella
Extensive Definition
Rambler may refer to:
- Rambler (automobile) and Nash Rambler, American automobile brands made by Thomas B. Jeffery Company (1900–1914), Nash Motors (1950–1957) and AMC (1958–1969)
- Rambler (bicycle), a turn-of-the-century American bicycle
- Rambler (portal), a Russian search engine and Web portal similar to Yahoo!
- Rambler, a style of house that extends sideways or in depth, therefore "rambles" (also known as ranch-style houses or California ramblers)
- Rambler (award), a badge/award at the Rover level of Scouts in some countries
- Ramblers, are recreational walkers who generally walk on countryside footpaths or in upland "open country". Many (but by no means all) take part in walks organised through local branches of the Ramblers' Association of England, Scotland, and Wales
- Rambler (racehorse), an unconsidered outsider who finished ninth in the 1839 Grand National
See also
- The Rambler (1750–1752) was an essay series published by Edward Cave, mostly written by Samuel Johnson
- The Rambler (1848–1862) was a Catholic magazine. founded by converts and edited by Cardinal Newman
- Holiday Rambler, a brand of an American recreational vehicle
- Rambler Channel (藍巴勒海峽) separates Tsing Yi Island and the mainland New Territories in Hong Kong
ramble in Dutch: Rambler
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Wanderjahr, afoot and
lighthearted, airing,
amble, babble, bat around, be insane,
blab, blabber, blather, blether, bum, bumming, chat, chatter, clack, clatter, constitutional, count
ties, depart, deviate, digress, discursion, dither, divagate, divagation, diverge, dote, drift, drifting, drivel, drool, err, errantry, excurse, flit, flitting, forced march,
gab, gabble, gad, gad about, gadding, gallivant, gas, get sidetracked, gibber, gibble-gabble, go about,
go adrift, go astray, go away, go off, go on, go the rounds,
gossip, gush, have a demon, haver, hike, hit the road, hit the trail,
hobo, hoboism, itineracy, itinerancy, jabber, jaunt, jaw, knock about, knock around,
march, maunder, meander, mooch, mosey, mush, natter, nomadism, nomadize, palaver, parade, patter, perambulate, peregrinate, peregrination, pererrate, pererration, peripatetic
journey, peripateticism, pour
forth, prate, prattle, promenade, prowl, rage, ramble on, rambling, range, rant, rattle, rattle on, rave, reel off, roam, roaming, rove, roving, run about, run amok, run
mad, run on, saunter,
schlep, scramble, slaver, slobber, snake, spout, spout off, sprangle, spread-eagle,
straddle, straggle, stray, straying, stretch, stroll, talk away, talk nonsense,
talk on, tittle-tattle, tour, traipse, traipsing, tramp, travel, trek, trudge, turn, turn aside, twaddle, twattle, twist, twist and turn, vagabond, vagabondage, vagabondia, vagabondism, vagabondize, vagrancy, waffle, walk, walk the tracks, walkabout, walking tour,
wander, wandering, wanderlust, wayfare, wayfaring, wind, yak, yakkety-yak