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rambled

rambled is the simple past and past participle of ramble.

Meaning of ramble

Verb

ramble (third-person singular simple present rambles, present participle rambling, simple past and past participle rambled)

  1. To move about aimlessly, or on a winding course.
    • Weak from drifting on the longest mosey ever rambled. Weeks with no meal or beverage. Blistering desert pounding me to the crosine-tipped ^([sic]) brink of insanity. Yet perhaps there is truth in sand madness.2007 December 9, Xavier Renegade Angel, season 1, episode 6, spoken by Xavier (Vernon Chatman)
  2. To walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter.
  3. To lead the life of a vagabond or itinerant; to move about with no fixed place of address.
    • We was drinking more in those days and tempers reached a pitch
      And like a fool I let her run with the rambling itch1994, Richard Thompson, “Beeswing”
  4. (often, with-on, about) To talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions.
    • Francine has a tendency to ramble when it gets to be late in the evening.
    Synonyms:
    drivel, sperg
  5. To follow a winding path or course.
    • The river rambled through the mountains.

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Questions about rambled

What is rambled the simple past and past participle of?
Rambled is the simple past and past participle of ramble.

Words near rambled in the dictionary

  1. rambi
  2. Rambin
  3. Rambins
  4. rambizzy
  5. ramble
  6. rambled
  7. rambler
  8. rambler gate
  9. rambler gates
  10. rambler rose
  11. rambler roses

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