v.
- sit or stand with one leg on either side of.
▸archaic stand, walk, or sit with one's legs wide apart.
- extend across both sides of.
- N. Amer. maintain an equivocal position regarding (a political issue).
- fire shots or bombs at (a target) so that they fall short of and beyond it.
n.
- an act of straddling.
- Stock Exchange a simultaneous purchase of options to buy and to sell a security or commodity at a fixed price.
Derivative
Etymology
C16: alt. of dial. striddle, back-form. from dial. striddling ‘astride’.