| straddle | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. straddle | a noncommittal or equivocal position. |
| ~ perspective, view, position | a way of regarding situations or topics etc..; "consider what follows from the positivist view" |
| n. (act) | 2. straddle | a gymnastic exercise performed with a leg on either side of the parallel bars. |
| ~ gymnastic exercise | (gymnastics) an exercise designed to develop and display strength and agility and balance (usually performed with or on some gymnastic apparatus). |
| n. (act) | 3. span, straddle | the act of sitting or standing astride. |
| ~ call option, call | the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date. |
| ~ put, put option | the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date. |
| ~ movement, motility, motion, move | a change of position that does not entail a change of location.; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility" |
| n. (act) | 4. straddle | 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. |
| ~ option | the right to buy or sell property at an agreed price; the right is purchased and if it is not exercised by a stated date the money is forfeited. |
| v. (stative) | 5. straddle | sit or stand astride of. |
| ~ be | occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere.; "Where is my umbrella?"; "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" |
| v. (stative) | 6. range, straddle | range or extend over; occupy a certain area.; "The plants straddle the entire state" |
| ~ constitute, make up, comprise, be, represent | form or compose.; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army" |
| ~ spread-eagle | stretch over.; "His residences spread-eagle the entire county" |
| v. (stative) | 7. straddle | be noncommittal. |
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