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striddle

striddle verb: to straddle.

Verb

striddle (third-person singular simple present striddles, present participle striddling, simple past and past participle striddled)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal) To straddle.
    • I'm going along like a lame duck striddling a gutter.1890, George Manville Fenn, Cormorant Crag

Forms of striddle

third-person singular presentstriddles
present participlestriddling
past participlestriddled
paststriddled

Origin of striddle

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).

Questions about striddle

What does striddle mean?
Striddle means to straddle.
What part of speech is striddle?
Striddle is a verb.
What is the past tense of striddle?
The past tense of striddle is striddled.

Words near striddle in the dictionary

  1. stricturing
  2. stricturoplasties
  3. stricturoplasty
  4. strid
  5. stridden
  6. striddle
  7. striddled
  8. striddles
  9. striddling
  10. stride
  11. stride bass

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