rambling

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹæm.blɪŋ/

rambling

1. present participle of ramble

rambling

1. Of a speech: meandering, long and digressing.
2. Confused and irregular; awkward.
   • 1859, Charles Dickens, The Haunted House

     Except that the house had an immensely large rambling loft at top, I made no other discoveries.

• (digressing): desultory

rambling (plural ramblings)

1. A long meandering talk with no specific topic or direction.
   • 1941, Harold Sinclair, Years of Illusion (page 145)

     […] listening with great interest to Martha's ramblings about "The War."

2. A gentle hike.

• rambling rose

• marbling