straddle

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1. straddle - Noun

2. straddle - Verb

3. straddle - Adverb

Meaning

To part the legs wide; to stand or to walk with the legs far apart.

To stand with the ends staggered; -- said of the spokes of a wagon wheel where they join the hub.

To place one leg on one side and the other on the other side of; to stand or sit astride of; as, to straddle a fence or a horse.

The act of standing, sitting, or walking, with the feet far apart.

The position, or the distance between the feet, of one who straddles; as, a wide straddle.

A stock option giving the holder the double privilege of a "put" and a "call," i. e., securing to the buyer of the option the right either to demand of the seller at a certain price, within a certain time, certain securities, or to require him to take at the same price, and within the same time, the same securities.

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I pride myself in being able to straddle demographics and if that was said as Barney Stinson it would mean a little different thing. Neil Patrick Harris

Sometimes we feel we straddle two cultures; at other times, that we fall between two stools. Salman Rushdie

Information networks straddle the world. Nothing remains concealed. But the sheer volume of information dissolves the information. We are unable to take it all in. Günter Grass

I'm half Egyptian, and I'm Muslim. But I grew up in Canada, far from my Arab roots. Like so many who straddle East and West, I've been drawn, over the years, to try to better understand my origins. Shereen El Feki

Mostly I straddle reality and the imagination. My reality needs imagination like a bulb needs a socket. My imagination needs reality like a blind man needs a cane. Tom Waits

Better the certainty of the straddle than the mere loan of a saddle. Irish Proverb

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