Dictionary

A posture in which one straddles something.

An investment strategy involving simultaneous trade with put and call options on same security with positions that offset one another.

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

A vertical mine-timber supporting a set.

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

To be on both sides of something; to have parts that are in different places, regions, etc.

Example: Putin seems to be everywhere at once, straddling the ocean, filling the sky, just like Stalin.

To consider or favor two apparently opposite sides; to be noncommittal.

Example: Wanting to please both sides, he straddled the issue.

To form a disorderly sprawl; to spread out irregularly.

Example: Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks

Astride.