A long speech, or piece of writing, that goes fron one subject to another one without any apparent purpose or direction: "The people were subjected to a series of rambles about the President's positions for justifying the new tax system being proposed by the government."

1. To wander around in a leisurely, aimless manner: Jim and Jane rambled through the shops until closing time.
2. To take a course with many turns or windings, as a stream or path: The trail seemed to ramble over the hills and along the stream.
3. To grow in a random, unsystematic fashion: The vine rambled over the walls and tree trunks.
4. To talk or to write in an irrelevant, aimless way: The speaker rambled on with one anecdote or humorous incident after another one.
5. To walk aimlessly or idly over or through a geographical area: Bryan spent the spring afternoon rambling on the woodland paths.
6. To go for walks without a definite purpose that are taken merely for pleasure: When Lucinda and Kevin go on their holidays, they like to ramble across the countryside making discoveries as they meander around.