straggle (straggles 3rd person present) (straggling present participle) (straggled past tense & past participle )
1 verb If people straggle somewhere, they move there slowly, in small groups with large, irregular gaps between them.
They came straggling up the cliff road... V prep/adv
2 verb If a small quantity of things straggle over an area, they cover it in an uneven or untidy way.
Her grey hair straggled in wisps about her face... V prep
They were beyond the last straggling suburbs now. V-ing