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stridelegs

stridelegs adverb: astride. Also the third-person singular simple present indicative of strideleg.

Adverb

stridelegs (not comparable)

  1. (Scotland) Astride.
    • So he stood stridelegs over Francie, who whimpered, "I wouldna have struck this one if that one hadna prayed for me. It wasna likely I would stand that."1896, James Matthew Barrie, Sentimental Tommy, pages 160–161
    • Dorothy rode my bike stridelegs coming back, so that I could sit in the dog-cart.1917, May Sinclair, The Tree of Heaven, page 91

Also used as

stridelegs is also the third-person singular simple present indicative of strideleg.

Forms of stridelegs

alternative formstride-legs

Questions about stridelegs

What does stridelegs mean?
Stridelegs means astride.
What part of speech is stridelegs?
Stridelegs is an adverb.

Words near stridelegs in the dictionary

  1. stride-legs
  2. strided
  3. strideleg
  4. stridelegged
  5. stridelegging
  6. stridelegs
  7. stridence
  8. stridences
  9. stridencies
  10. stridency
  11. strident

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