Definition of: straddle

(strad′l) v. ·dled, ·dling v.i.
1. To stand, walk, or sit with the legs spread apart.
2. To stand wide apart: said of the legs.
3. Colloq. To appear to favor both sides of an issue; refuse to commit oneself.
—v.t.
4. To stand, walk, or sit with the legs on either side of.
5. To spread (the legs) wide apart.
6. Colloq. To appear to favor both sides of (an issue).
7. Mil. To fire shots both beyond and in front of (a target) so as to determine the range.
—noun
1. A going, standing, or sitting with legs wide apart; the space between the feet or legs of one who straddles.
2. A non-committal or vacillating position in any issue.
3. A stock transaction in which the holder obtains the privilege of either delivering or calling for a stock at a fixed price.
4. A long position in some stocks while being short in others.
5. Mil. Successive range settings that have bracketed the target. [Freq. of STRIDE]
—strad′dler noun
—strad′dling·ly adverb