Definitions for straddle

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straddle strad·dle

Spelling: [strad-l]

IPA: /ˈstræd l/

Straddle is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 348 anagrams from letters in straddle (addelrst).

Definitions for straddle

noun

1. an act or instance of straddling.
2. the distance straddled over.
3. the taking of a noncommittal position.
4. 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.

verb (used with object)

1. to walk, stand, or sit with one leg on each side of; stand or sit astride of:
2. to spread (the legs) wide apart.
3. to favor or appear to favor both sides of (an issue, political division, etc.).

verb (used without object)

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.

Origin of straddle

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

Examples for straddle

No. 1 then has the right to straddle the ante, and he may stake two pence.

His mind was 'straddle the furrow' when Mr Ottarson came in.

In an Internet video announcing his candidacy, Brown attempted this straddle without mentioning Schwarzenegger by name.

I've been here a year and I'm crazy to straddle a horse and ride off into the West.

The right to straddle shall belong to the player to the left of ante.

They're mostly girls who straddle the line between geeky and bad-ass, a look familiar to most of today's high-school students.

C, who has the right to straddle the ante does not do so, so no other player may.

When the camp is for one night only, straddle trenches suffice.

That ability to straddle two sides of an acrimonious divide has served Leavell well—not only in politics, but also in music.

Spend some time with Fiasco and you can watch him straddle that line all day long.