straggle
verb
[ ˈstraɡ(ə)l ]
• (of an irregular group of people) move along slowly so as to remain some distance behind the person or people in front.
• "the children straggled behind them"
Similar:
trail,
lag,
dawdle,
amble,
wander,
walk slowly,
meander,
drift,
fall behind,
bring up the rear,
be strung out,
straggle
noun
• an untidy or irregularly arranged mass or group.
• "a straggle of cottages"
Origin:
late Middle English: perhaps from dialect strake ‘go’.
