ramble

verb (used without object), ram·bled, ram·bling.

1. to wander around in a leisurely, aimless manner: They rambled through the shops until closing time.
2. to take a course with many turns or windings, as a stream or path.
3. to grow in a random, unsystematic fashion: The vine rambled over the walls and tree trunks.
4. to talk or write in a discursive, aimless way (usually followed by on): The speaker rambled on with anecdote after anecdote.

verb (used with object), ram·bled, ram·bling.

5. to walk aimlessly or idly over or through: They spent the spring afternoon rambling woodland paths.

noun

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

verb (intr)

1. to stroll about freely, as for relaxation, with no particular direction
2. (of paths, streams, etc) to follow a winding course; meander
3. (of plants) to grow in a random fashion
4. (of speech, writing, etc) to lack organization

noun

5. a leisurely stroll, esp in the countryside

v.

mid-15c., perhaps frequentative of romen “to walk, go” (see roam), perhaps via romblen (late 14c.) “to ramble.” The vowel change perhaps by influence of Middle Dutch rammelen, a derivative of rammen “copulate,” “used of the night wanderings of the amorous cat” [Weekley]. Meaning “to talk or write incoherently” is from 1630s. Related: Rambled; rambling.

n.

“a roving or wandering,” 1650s, from ramble (v.).