striddleEtymologyFrequentative of Middle English striden (whence modern English stride), from Old English strīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *strīdan, from Proto-Germanic *strīdaną. Equivalent to stride + -le (frequentative suffix).striddle means to straddle. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.verbTo straddle.“I'm going along like a lame duck striddling a gutter.”