ramble

ramble
v
1. wander, wander around, meander; saunter, perambulate, take a walk, go for a walk, stroll, go for a stroll, promenade, hike; amble, amble about, gad, gad about, jaunt; nomadize, peregrinate, flit, traipse; wander off, stray, deviate, detour, go round about; straggle, drift, mosey, shuffle, stumble or limp or hobble along; range, rove, prowl, float, skip around; follow the wild goose, wander from pillar to post, see the country, Inf. hit the road or trail.
2. digress, speak discursively, maunder, expatiate; rant, rant on, blather, rave, dwell on, talk aimlessly; gibber, chatter, babble, gabble, run off at the mouth, rattle on, twaddle, go on, go on and on, ramble on; Inf. chew [s.o.'s] ear off, Inf. bend [s.o.'s] ear, Inf. beat about the bush, Inf. beat a dead horse, dwell on, harp on, Inf. beat a subject to death.
n
3. walk, saunter, stroll, constitutional, promenade; perambulation, hike, tramp; jaunt, junket, prowl, circuit; trek, excursion, tour, Brit. walkabout, peregrination; deviation, digression, divagation, excursus, detour.

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