straddle

[ strad-l ]
/ ˈstræd l /

verb (used without object), strad·dled, strad·dling.

verb (used with object), strad·dled, strad·dling.

noun

Origin of straddle

1555–65; apparently frequentative (with -le) of variant stem of stride

OTHER WORDS FROM straddle

strad·dler, noun strad·dling·ly, adverb un·strad·dled, adjective

Example sentences from the Web for straddlers

  • At several different points he fitted in straddlers, with wedges made from stonewood branches.

    The Inca Emerald |Samuel Scoville

British Dictionary definitions for straddlers

straddle
/ (ˈstrædəl) /

verb

noun

Derived forms of straddle

straddler, noun

Word Origin for straddle

C16: frequentative formed from obsolete strad- (Old English strode), past stem of stride