Nouns

(n)stragglea wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons)“a straggle of outbuildings”, “a straggle of followers”

Verbs

(v)sidetrack, depart, digress, stragglewander from a direct or straight course
(v)sprawl, stragglego, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way“Branches straggling out quite far”