Definizione monolingua

straddle

straddle (third-person singular simple present straddles, present participle straddling, simple past and past participle straddled)

1. To sit or stand with a leg on each side of something.
   • 1749, John Cleland, Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure Part 2

     But guess my surprise, when I saw the lazy young rogue lie down on his back, and gently pull down Polly upon him, who giving way to his humour, straddled, and with her hands conducted her blind favourite to the right place

   • 1853, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Minotaur

     As they approached the entrance of the port, the giant straddled clear across it, with a foot firmly planted on each headland,

   • 1978, Jimmy Carter, Proclamation 4627

     The mountain-ringed Yukon Flats basin straddles the Arctic Circle and is bisected by the Yukon River.

2. To form a disorderly sprawl.
3. (military) To fire successive artillery shots in front of and behind of a target, especially in order to determine its range.
4. (poker) To place a voluntary raise prior to receiving cards (only by the first player after the blinds).

straddle (plural straddles)

1. a posture in which one straddles something
2. (finance) an investment strategy involving trade in derivatives
3. (poker) A voluntary raise made prior to receiving cards by the first player after the blinds.

Definizione dizionario straddle

	divaricare
	to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something

	scavalcare
	to fire shots in front and behind of a target

	sedersi a cavalcioni
	to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something

Altri significati:

waiting and seeing (how the wind blows)

a posture in which one straddles something

plant oneself (somewhere)

To form a disorderly sprawl.

To sit or stand with a leg on each side of something.

(military) To fire successive artillery shots in front of and behind of a target, especially in order to determine its range.

(poker) To place a voluntarily raise prior to receiving cards (only by the first player after the blinds).

an investment strategy involving trade in derivatives

(poker) A voluntary raise made prior to receiving cards by the first player after the blinds.