Home / Dictionary / Straddle

Straddle Very Common

Straddle has 10 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

a noncommittal or equivocal position

2

a gymnastic exercise performed with a leg on either side of the parallel bars

3

the act of sitting or standing astride

4

the option to buy or sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date; consists of an equal number of put and call options

5

A posture in which one straddles something.

Verb
1

sit or stand astride of

2

range or extend over; occupy a certain area

"The plants straddle the entire state"

3

be noncommittal

4

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