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Ram·ble v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rambled p. pr. & vb. n. Rambling ]
1. To walk, ride, or sail, from place to place, without any determinate object in view; to roam carelessly or irregularly; to rove; to wander; as, to ramble about the city; to ramble over the world.
He that is at liberty to ramble in perfect darkness, what is his liberty better than if driven up and down as a bubble by the wind? --Locke.
2. To talk or write in a discursive, aimless way.
3. To extend or grow at random.
Syn: -- To rove; roam; wander; range; stroll.
Ram·bling a. Roving; wandering; discursive; as, a rambling fellow, talk, or building.
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rambling
adj 1: (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" [syn: digressive, discursive, excursive]
2: of a path e.g.; "meandering streams"; "rambling forest
paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a
winding country road" [syn: meandering(a), wandering(a),
winding]