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
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(Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal) To straddle.
I'm going along like a lame duck striddling a gutter.
1890, George Manville Fenn, Cormorant Crag:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| striddling | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| striddles | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| striddled | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| striddled | Tense=Past | lexicographic |