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striddle en · 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).

Meanings

  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

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
striddling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
striddles Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
striddled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
striddled Tense=Past lexicographic