straggle

To move or proceed slowly or in a scattered or irregular group.

To move or lag behind another or others.

To extend or be spread out.

To hang limply or loosely.

A scattered or disorderly group, as of people or things.

To rough-dress (a stone for grinding) by a wriggling motion of the dressing-tool, so as to give a roughened surface; rag.

To roam or wander away, or become separated, as from one’s companions or the direct course or way; stray.

To roam or wander at random, or without any certain direction or object; ramble.

To escape or stretch out ramblingly or beyond proper limits; spread widely apart; shoot too far in growth.