Straddle is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for STRADDLE in dictionary:

VERB:
• to bestride; to set (the legs) far apart, also STRIDDLE, STRODDLE, STRODLE
• sit or stand with one leg on either side of
• extend across or be situated on both sides of
• take up or maintain an equivocal position with regard to (a political issue)
• fire at (a target) with shots or bombs so that they fall short of and beyond it
• have one leg or part on each side of (something)
• To part the legs wide; to stand or to walk with the legs far apart.
• To stand with the ends staggered; -- said of the spokes of a wagon wheel where they join the hub.
• To place one leg on one side and the other on the other side of; to stand or sit astride of; as, to straddle a fence or a horse.
• sit or stand astride of
• range or extend over; occupy a certain area
• be noncommittal
• place (one's legs) wide apart
• stand, walk, or sit with one's legs wide apart
NOUN:
• a simultaneous purchase of options to buy and to sell a security or commodity at a fixed price, allowing the purchaser to make a profit whether the price of the security or commodity goes up or down.
• The act of standing, sitting, or walking, with the feet far apart.
• The position, or the distance between the feet, of one who straddles; as, a wide straddle.
• A stock option giving the holder the double privilege of a \"put\" and a \"call,\" i. e., securing to the buyer of the option the right either to demand of the seller at a certain price, within a certain time, certain securities, or to require him to take at the same price, and within the same time, the same securities.
• a noncommittal or equivocal position
• a gymnastic exercise performed with a leg on either side of the parallel bars
• the act of sitting or standing astride
• the option to buy or sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date; consists of an equal number of put and call options
• act or position of straddling
• an act of sitting or standing with one's legs wide apart
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to sit, stand, or walk with the legs wide apart

Words related to STRADDLE

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Words that contain STRADDLE

astraddle11 straddled12 straddler11 straddles11 bestraddle14 straddlers12 bestraddled16 bestraddles15 straddleback22

How to use STRADDLE in a sentence

• And when it come to fair and square jumping on a dead level, he could get over more ground at one straddle than any animal of his breed you ever see.
• There was an uncertain straddle in his gait that carried him from one side of the walk to the other, and caused people whom he met to cheerfully yield him plenty of room.
• Me, I can straddle out and take holt with my spikes.
• When I would get to the school I would put the children off, git straddle and ride that horse home.
• Should Bulgaria straddle that, Serbia would be economically at its mercy, just as in the north it was already, to its bitter cost, at the mercy of Austria-Hungary.
• The sack, with Mat at full length in it, was then fixed to the pin of the straddle, so that he was in an erect posture during the whole journey.
• They either straddle the row, working the soil on both sides at the same time, or, running between the rows, work the soil to a width of from six to eighteen inches.
• Sometimes they were swung out too far and landed straddle on the side of the lighter, straddling the rail, kicking and roaring.
• The Bishop sprang up, standing straddle of his long chair, and looking fixedly in the direction of the approaching sound.
• Still standing straddle across his chair, the Bishop called out angrily to the intruder.
• A boy about ten walks beside her carrying a small child about a year old straddle of his back.
• He had a following of half his Committee of Vigilance and all the men of like caliber who could find a horse or a mule to straddle.
• Then when I had to straddle a tree to keep from sliding down I got desperate and mad and hoped an old grizzly would happen along to make an end to my misery.
• I just about had strength enough left to straddle him.

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