1: proceeding without a specific goal, purpose, or direction: such as

a: wandering about from one place to anothera rambling walk

b: straying from subject to subjecta rambling essay/discussion/discoursea rambling talkerHis text is at times repetitious and rambling.— Robert Howard

c: stretching, spreading, or growing in a winding or irregular waya rambling streamrambling roses

2: large and informally designeda rambling farmhouse… blue-tinged shots give the sinister prison … the air of a rambling edifice out of Dickens.— Celia Wren

1: RUMBLE

2: general but unofficial talk or opinion often of dissatisfaction —usually used in pluralrumblings of political trouble— Anthony Burgess