- strad´dling|ly
- strad|dle «STRAD uhl», verb, -dled, -dling, noun.–v.i.1. to walk, stand, or sit with the legs wide apart: »
to straddle over a fence watching cars go by.
2. (of the legs) to stand wide apart.3. Informal, Figurative. to avoid taking sides; attempt to favor both sides: »All three political candidates straddled on the tariff issue.
4. Commerce. to buy and sell stocks, or other securities, so as to balance a long holding against a short holding.–v.t.1. to spread (the legs) wide apart.3. to stand lie across; be on both sides of: »A pair of field glasses straddled his nose.
SYNONYM(S): span.4. Informal, Figurative. to attempt to favor both sides of (a question).–n.1. the act of straddling.2. the distance straddled.3. an attempt to favor both sides of a question, especially in politics.4. a contractual privilege, usually purchased, covering both a put and a call, allowing the holder either to demand certain securities or commodities, of its issuer, or to deliver certain securities or commodities, to its issuer within a given period, and at the same specified price: »A straddle is the purchase of a commodity for delivery in one month and the simultaneous sale of a commodity (generally the same one) for delivery in another month (New York Times).
5. a high jump with the legs straddling the bar.╂[a frequentative form of a variant of stride]–strad´dler, noun.–strad´dling|ly, adverb.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
