Definitions
1.nounA posture in which one straddles something.
2.nounAn investment strategy involving simultaneous trade with put and call options on same security with positions that offset one another.
3.nounA voluntary raise made prior to receiving cards by the first player after the blinds.
4.nounA vertical mine-timber supporting a set.
5.verbTo sit or stand with a leg on each side of something; to sit astride.
6.verbTo be on both sides of something; to have parts that are in different places, regions, etc."Putin seems to be everywhere at once, straddling the ocean, filling the sky, just like Stalin."
7.verbTo consider or favor two apparently opposite sides; to be noncommittal."Wanting to please both sides, he straddled the issue."
8.verbTo form a disorderly sprawl; to spread out irregularly."Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks"
9.verbTo fire successive artillery shots in front of and behind of a target, especially in order to determine its range (the term "bracket" is often used instead).
10.verbTo place a voluntary raise prior to receiving cards (only by the first player after the blinds).
11.verbTo stand with the ends staggered; said of the spokes of a wagon wheel where they join the hub.
12.verbTo execute a commodities market spread.
13.adverbAstride.