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straddle
[ strad-l ]
verb (used without object)
- to walk, stand, or sit with the legs wide apart; stand or sit astride.
- to stand wide apart, as the legs.
- to favor or appear to favor both sides of an issue, political division, or the like, at once; maintain an equivocal position.
verb (used with object)
- to walk, stand, or sit with one leg on each side of; stand or sit astride of:
to straddle a horse.
- to spread (the legs) wide apart.
- to favor or appear to favor both sides of (an issue, political division, etc.).
noun
- an act or instance of straddling.
- the distance straddled over.
- the taking of a noncommittal position.
- 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.
straddle
/ ˈٰæə /
verb
- tr to have one leg, part, or support on each side of
- informal.tr to be in favour of both sides of (something)
- intr to stand, walk, or sit with the legs apart
- tr to spread (the legs) apart
- military to fire a number of shots slightly beyond and slightly short of (a target) to determine the correct range
- intr (in poker, of the second player after the dealer) to double the ante before looking at one's cards
noun
- the act or position of straddling
- a noncommittal attitude or stand
- 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
- 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
- (in poker) the stake put up after the ante in poker by the second player after the dealer
- a wooden frame placed on a horse's back to which panniers are attached
Derived Forms
- ˈٰ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ٰd noun
- ٰdԲ· adverb
- ܲ·ٰd adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of straddle1
Example Sentences
This is what we’re capable of thinking when straddling two worlds: the one we exist in now as adults and the one we grew up in.
I’ve been straddling between living in the moment and documenting our culture as we create it and wondering about the history we dance on top of without realizing it.
The result was a weirdly disconnected show, where Usher followed a moving video about his absent father with a song about his ex, which he sung while straddling a motorbike.
A medieval looking fortress straddles each bank – one flying the Russian flag and the other, the Estonian.
Of the torment Quaid endures, his hardest challenge is straddling the tone.
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