ramble
to speak long and boringly
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"Voters chose Pedro Almodovar's 'All About My Mother' - the most widely released film on the list. Actually, just to hear the Spanish director ramble at the podium again, should be worth the award."
(John Beck, writing cynically in Rosy Picture for 'American Beauty', Press Democrat, March 20, 2000)
(John Beck, writing cynically in Rosy Picture for 'American Beauty', Press Democrat, March 20, 2000)
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Wordwise:
Function: verb
Etymology: perhaps from Middle English romblen, frequentative of romen to roam
Date: 1620
1. To move about aimlessly.
2. To walk about casually or for pleasure.
3. To follow an irregularly winding course of motion or growth.
4. To speak or write at length and with many digressions.
noun: A leisurely, sometimes lengthy walk.
Function: verb
Etymology: perhaps from Middle English romblen, frequentative of romen to roam
Date: 1620
1. To move about aimlessly.
2. To walk about casually or for pleasure.
3. To follow an irregularly winding course of motion or growth.
4. To speak or write at length and with many digressions.
noun: A leisurely, sometimes lengthy walk.
