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Definitions of straddle in English
noun
(1) A noncommittal or equivocal position,a gymnastic exercise performed with the legs straddling the parallel bars,the act of sitting or standing astride,the option to buy or sell a given stock (or stock index orcommodity future) at a given price before a given date,consists of an equal number of put and call options
(2) A noncommittal or equivocal position
(3) A gymnastic exercise performed with the legs straddling the parallel bars
(4) The act of sitting or standing astride
(5) The option to buy or sell a given stock (or stock index orcommodity future) at a given price before a given date
(6) Consists of an equal number of put and call options
verb
(1) Sit or stand astride of,range or extend over,occupy a certain area,be noncommittal
(2) Sit or stand astride of
(3) Range or extend over
(4) Occupy a certain area
(5) Be noncommittal
Examples of straddle in English
(1) The height of romanticism; there was little else I could do apart from down my drink, suppress a ladylike belch and swing my legs around you in an elegant straddle .
(2) The views they have come up with straddle the entire range of options.
(3) Does he sometimes straddle difficult issues in an effort to please multiple constituencies?
(4) The hardest part of this trick is getting your hips to start moving upward from the straddle .
(5) She positioned herself, unknowingly into a straddle .
(6) Matthews creates works that successfully straddle the line between contrived arty flourishes and successful accidents.
(7) The proposed site was spread across five townlands in the Mullaghereirk mountains which straddle the Limerick, Cork and Kerry borders.
(8) Well the toe-touch is where you jump and your legs go out like a straddle, as if you were sitting on the floor with your legs out in a straddle , and you've got to touch your toes.
(9) Can the Democrats continue to straddle the values issues under those circumstances?
(10) The Democrats' leaders in Congress have tried to straddle the issue.
(11) This is the kind of issue that you can't straddle .
(12) Place the appropriate amount of weight on the bar and straddle it with your feet just a little wider than hip-distance apart.
(13) She stretched her legs and arms, and almost fell asleep in her straddle .
(14) A sideways-on stance such as a straddle
(15) Maradi's sprawling markets straddle the main highway which passes south to Nigeria.
(16) By examining the conventions of published private letters, he shows how they straddle the border between fiction and reality.
(17) Over time, mix in the boxer's shuffle and the side straddle .
(18) Once boys start wearing pants it becomes easier for them to stand on their heads, twirl on railings, straddle fences, play leapfrog, and walk on stilts.
(19) The city straddles a sandy spit bordering the Gulf of Mexico, it's numerous 10-storey concrete hotels built on low-lying sand-dunes.
(20) Matthew walked away for a second to another table and came back holding a third chair before placing it down backwards on one side of the table, straddling it as he sat down.
synonyms of straddle
sit/stand astride
lie on both sides of
be equivocal about
range
span
Antonyms of straddle
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