■ verb
1》 sit or stand with one leg on either side of.
↘ archaic stand, walk, or sit with one's legs wide apart.
2》 extend across both sides of.
3》 N. Amer. maintain an equivocal position regarding (a political issue).
4》 fire shots or bombs at (a target) so that they fall short of and beyond it.
■ noun
1》 an act of straddling.
2》 Stock Exchange a simultaneous purchase of options to buy and to sell a security or commodity at a fixed price.
Derivatives
~r noun
Origin
C16: alt. of dialect striddle , back-form. from dialect striddling 'astride'.