Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rambling

/ˈɹæm.blɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.21 in modern English

Syllables: ram-bling
IPA: /ˈɹæm.blɪŋ/

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of ramble

adj

Of a speech: meandering, long and digressing.

adj

Confused and irregular; awkward.

adj

Winding irregularly in various directions.

noun

A long meandering talk with no specific topic or direction.

noun

Example Sentences

"Except that the house had an immensely large rambling loft at top, I made no other discoveries."
"A long somewhat rambling branch, avoiding the places most likely to supply it with traffic, but not the centres of scenic interest, began at Letterkenny and reached the sea at Burtonport."
"[…] listening with great interest to Martha's ramblings about "The War.""

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɹæm.blɪŋ/
British English: /ˈɹæm.blɪŋ/

Inflected Forms

ramblings (plural)

Derived Forms

ramblingly ramblingness unrambling

Phrases

rambling rose

Synonyms

desultory meandering wandering winding digressive discursive excursive sprawling straggling straggly

Rhymes With

gambling shambling

Questions

How do you pronounce rambling?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹæm.blɪŋ/.
What does rambling mean?: present participle and gerund of ramble

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