All stray synonyms
stray
S s verb stray
- deviate β To deviate from something means to start doing something different or not planned, especially in a way that causes problems for others.
- lose β to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
- aberrated β simple past tense and past participle of aberrate.
- apostatize β to forsake or abandon one's belief, faith, or allegiance
- booboos β a stupid or silly mistake; blunder.
- circumnutate β to rotate slightly on a central axis
- diverge β to move, lie, or extend in different directions from a common point; branch off.
- excurse β To journey or pass through.
- jaunting β a short journey, especially one taken for pleasure.
- extravagate β (intransitive) To wander beyond the limits.
- blathering β foolish, voluble talk: His speech was full of the most amazing blather.
- give the slip β to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
- mucking β moist farmyard dung, decaying vegetable matter, etc.; manure.
- gad β to move restlessly or aimlessly from one place to another: to gad about.
- zigzagging β Present participle of zigzag.
- bumming β a person who avoids work and sponges on others; loafer; idler.
- meander β to proceed by or take a winding or indirect course: The stream meandered through the valley.
- bum around β If you bum around, you go from place to place without any particular destination, either for enjoyment or because you have nothing else to do.
- branched β a division or subdivision of the stem or axis of a tree, shrub, or other plant.
- hopscotch β a children's game in which a player tosses or kicks a small flat stone, beanbag, or other object into one of several numbered sections of a diagram marked on the pavement or ground and then hops on one foot over the lines from section to section and picks up the stone or object, usually while standing on one foot in an adjacent section.
- bollix β to make a muddle of; bungle; botch
- leave behind β fail to bring
- follow one's nose β the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- flubbed β a blunder.
noun stray
- gallivanter β to wander about, seeking pleasure or diversion; gad.
- invertebrate β Zoology. not vertebrate; without a backbone. of or relating to creatures without a backbone.
- animal β An animal is a living creature such as a dog, lion, or rabbit, rather than a bird, fish, insect, or human being.
- meanderer β One who meanders or wanders.
- escaper β Person who escapes.
- fido β a system for evaporating the fog above airfield runways by the heat from burners.
- invertebrates β Zoology. not vertebrate; without a backbone. of or relating to creatures without a backbone.
- beachcomber β A beachcomber is someone who spends their time wandering along beaches looking for things they can use.
- man's best friend β a dog, especially as a pet.
- orphan β a child who has lost both parents through death, or, less commonly, one parent.
- foundling β an infant or small child found abandoned; a child without a known parent or guardian.
- jetsam β goods cast overboard deliberately, as to lighten a vessel or improve its stability in an emergency, which sink where jettisoned or are washed ashore.
- bowwow β the bark of a dog, or a sound in imitation of it
- waif β a person, especially a child, who has no home or friends.
- bowwows β the bark of a dog.
- critter β A critter is a living creature.
adj stray
- down and out β downward; going or directed downward: the down escalator.
- goalless β the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.
- aimless β A person or activity that is aimless has no clear purpose or plan.
- fits and starts β (Idiomatic) Activity which is intermittent, variable in intensity, and prolonged by interruptions.
- infrequent β happening or occurring at long intervals or rarely: infrequent visits.
adjective stray
- itinerate β to go from place to place, especially in a regular circuit, as a preacher or judge.
- designless β without a design, unplanned