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Definitions for Straddle
[1] to walk, stand, or sit with the legs wide apart; stand or sit astride.
[2] to stand wide apart, as the legs.
[3] to favor or appear to favor both sides of an issue, political division, or the like, at once; maintain an equivocal position.
[4] to walk, stand, or sit with one leg on each side of; stand or sit astride of: to straddle a horse.
[5] to spread (the legs) wide apart.
[6] to favor or appear to favor both sides of (an issue, political division, etc.).
[7] an act or instance of straddling.
[8] the distance straddled over.
[9] the taking of a noncommittal position.
[10] Finance . an option consisting of a put and a call combined, both at the same current market price and for the same specified period. a similar transaction in securities or futures in which options to buy and sell the same security or commodity are purchased simultaneously in order to hedge one's risk.
[11] (tr) to have one leg, part, or support on each side of
[12] (tr) US and Canadian informal to be in favour of both sides of (something)
[13] (intr) to stand, walk, or sit with the legs apart
[14] (tr) to spread (the legs) apart
[15] military to fire a number of shots slightly beyond and slightly short of (a target) to determine the correct range
[16] (intr) (in poker, of the second player after the dealer) to double the ante before looking at one's cards
[17] the act or position of straddling
[18] a noncommittal attitude or stand
[19] commerce a contract or option permitting its purchaser to either sell or buy securities or commodities within a specified period of time at specified prices. It is a combination of a put and a call option Compare spread (def. 24c)
[20] athletics a high-jumping technique in which the body is parallel with the bar and the legs straddle it at the highest point of the jump
[21] (in poker) the stake put up after the ante in poker by the second player after the dealer
[22] Irish a wooden frame placed on a horse's back to which panniers are attached
Words related to Straddle
ride, mount, stride, hedge, sprawl, bestride, bestraddle, noncommittal
Words nearby Straddle
strabismometer, strabismus, strabo, strabotomy, strachey, straddle, straddle the fence, straddle truck, stradella, stradivari, stradivarius
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
Word origin for Straddle
C16: frequentative formed from obsolete strad- (Old English strode ), past stem of stride