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ramble

verb

1 we rambled around the Cornwall countryside:

walk, take a walk, go for a walk, hike, tramp, backpack, trek;

wander, stroll, saunter, amble, drift, roam, range, rove, traipse, jaunt;

Scottish, & Irish stravaig;

informal mosey, tootle;

British, informal pootle;

rare vagabond, perambulate, peregrinate.

2 I'm not going to ramble on about environmental issues:

chatter, babble, prattle, prate, blather, blether, gabble, jabber, twitter, go on, run on, rattle on/away, blither, maunder, drivel;

informal jaw, gas, gab, yak, yackety-yak, yabber, yatter, shoot one's mouth off;

British, informal witter, rabbit, chunter, natter, waffle;

North American, informal run off at the mouth;

Australian, New Zealand, informal mag;

archaic twaddle, clack, twattle.

noun

I had looked forward to a leisurely ramble amongst the hills:

walk, hike, trek;

wander, stroll, saunter, amble, roam, traipse, jaunt, promenade, trip, excursion, tour;

informal mosey, tootle;

British, informal pootle;

rare perambulation, peregrination.

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