to wander around in a leisurely, aimless manner

They rambled through the shops until closing time.

to take a course with many turns or windings, as a stream or path.

to grow in a random, unsystematic fashion

The vine rambled over the walls and tree trunks.

to talk or write in a discursive, aimless way (usually fol. by on )

The speaker rambled on with anecdote after anecdote.

to walk aimlessly or idly over or through

They spent the spring afternoon rambling woodland paths.

a walk without a definite route, taken merely for pleasure.

verb

be direct , stay

noun

constitutional , excursion , hike , perambulation , peregrination , roaming , roving , saunter , stroll , tour , traipse , trip , turn , amble , meander , promenade , wander , circumbendibus , circumlocution , meandering , ploy , rambling , wandering

verb

amble , bat around * , be all over the map , branch off , clamber , climb , cruise , depart , digress , divagate , diverge , drift , excurse , extend , fork , gad , gallivant , get sidetracked , knock about * , knock around , meander , perambulate , percolate , peregrinate , promenade , range , roam , rove , saunter , scramble , snake , sprangle , sprawl , spread , spread-eagle , straddle , straggle , stray , stroll , trail , traipse , turn , twist , walk , wind , zigzag , amplify , babble , beat around bush , be diffuse , blather , chatter , descant , drivel , dwell on , enlarge , expatiate , get off the subject , go astray , go off on tangent , go on and on , gossip , harp on , lose the thread , maunder , prose , protract , rant and rave , rattle on , talk nonsense , talk off top of head , talk randomly , wander , deviate , excursion , travel