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astraddle

/əˈstɹædəl/

astraddle adverb: in a straddling position; astride.

Adverb

astraddle (not comparable)

  1. In a straddling position; astride.
    • The Charioteer rides afore, a-ſtraddle on the Beam that makes the Yoke for the Oxen, which is covered with Scarlet, and finely carved underneath […]1698, John Fryer, “Takes Notice of Broach; the Change of Governors at Surat; Intestine Broils of the Empire; Rencounters of the English; and Portentous Accidents of This Year”, in A New Account of...
    • A faint string of smoke was rising from a cigarette-tray—a number of Vanity Fair sat astraddle on the table.1922, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, “A Matter of Civilization”, in The Beautiful and Damned, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, book 3, section “The False Armistice”, page 356

Preposition

astraddle

  1. In a straddling position on.
    • […] see that your men reload their muskets the meanwhile, ready for any old woman we may see riding through the air astraddle a broomstick.1848, Joseph Holt Ingraham, chapter 2, in Mark Manly: or, The Skipper’s Lad, New York: Williams Brothers, page 15
    • The used-to-be sheriff sat rakishly astraddle his horse.1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 3, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →LCCN, page 17
    Synonyms:
    astraddle of

astraddle meaning in Tamil, Tagalog and Arabic

astraddle in Tamil

கால்களை அகலப் பரப்பிக்கொண்டு

astraddle in Tagalog

astride
piyangka

astraddle in Arabic

astride
مُنْفَرِج اَلسَّاقَيْن munfarij as-sāqayn

Examples of astraddle in a sentence

  • She climbed his body and wrapped her legs around him and they made love there, man standing, woman astraddle, in the stone odor of demolition.2003, Don DeLillo, Cosmopolis, New York: Scribner, Part Two, Chapter 4, p. 177:
  • He spies a group of Irish officers astraddle the road, conferring on horseback.2011, Guy Vanderhaeghe, chapter 22, in A Good Man, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, page 359:

Synonyms of astraddle

Origin of astraddle

From a- + straddle.

Phrases with astraddle

Words that rhyme with astraddle

Questions about astraddle

What does astraddle mean?
Astraddle means in a straddling position; astride.
What is astraddle in Tamil?
Astraddle in Tamil is கால்களை அகலப் பரப்பிக்கொண்டு. See Astraddle meaning in Tamil.
How do you use astraddle in a sentence?
She climbed his body and wrapped her legs around him and they made love there, man standing, woman astraddle, in the stone odor of demolition.
What part of speech is astraddle?
Astraddle can be an adverb or a preposition.
How do you pronounce astraddle?
Astraddle is pronounced /əˈstɹædəl/.

Words near astraddle in the dictionary

  1. astr-
  2. Astra Planeta
  3. astrachan
  4. astrachans
  5. astraciceran
  6. astraddle
  7. astraddle of
  8. Astraea
  9. astraean
  10. astraeans
  11. Astraeus

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Adapted from Wiktionary: astraddle (page history and authors); astraddle (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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