striddle

verb

Etymology

Frequentative of Middle English striden (whence modern English stride), from Old English strīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *strīdan, from Proto-Germanic *strīdaną. Equivalent to stride + -le (frequentative suffix).

inherited from *strīdaną✻
inherited from *strīdan✻
inherited from strīdan
inherited from striden

Definitions

1
To straddle.
- I'm going along like a lame duck striddling a gutter.

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