rambling
pronunciation
How to pronounce rambling in British English:
UK [ˈræmblɪŋ]
How to pronounce rambling in American English:
US [ˈræmblɪŋ]
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- Adjective:
- (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects
- of a path e.g.
Word Origin
- rambling (adj.)
- 1623, present participle adjective from ramble (v.).
Example
- 1. Rambling streams of consciousness will not get it done ; audiences need to hear ( and see ) your points illustrated .
- 2. Ratan tata spent his first ten years at the helm of the family company tidying up its rambling and often decrepit indian businesses before turning his attention to foreign markets in the late 1990s .
- 3. At an event on the campus of the university of northern iowa in cedar falls , throngs of giddy students leap to their feet when he appears and drown out most of his rambling stump speech with rapturous applause .
- 4. The proposed rules , vague and rambling , do not amount to an outright ban on explicit illustrations of minors , but do prohibit their distribution to children under 18 .