to spraddle
- verb
- /ˈsprædəl/
- Archaic
:
sentarse con las piernas abiertas
- She stood with her feet spraddled and her body quivering, her head hanging down and her ears drooping.
- spraddled legs
Examples
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Even standing still, his legs looked spraddled, and his pants were too tight.
Fiction book (1990) -
They all laughed, and nobody laughed more than Josie Tom, who was standing spraddled and stooped, helpless to move without tearing her dress.
Fiction book (1992) -
Says to stay tight, spraddle out, and you'll be got in touch with.
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That's when the town began to spraddle out.
Fiction book (1996) -
Maggie's spraddled legs at the floppy white undergarments of a sick old woman.
Fiction book (1992) -
Spraddled out it might be - running to shopping strips and new people - still there was a core of gossip and history that willy-nilly got passed along.
Fiction book (1996) -
Realtors' signs had been staked into the front and side yards, and a sandwich board stood spraddled on the sidewalk.
Fiction book (1994) -
Once Jackson and Valuable ducked in on the trail marked by a spraddled pine tree, it seemed as if they entered another place—a place more like a mist-filled cathedral than a forest.
Fiction book (1999) -
She stood with her legs spraddled, trying to maintain balance on the uneven ground.
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The children were spraddling on the grass as they played their favorite game.
Synonyms
32
4.1
To sit or lie with arms and legs spread out
5
3.8
Lie or sit with arms and legs spread out and relaxed
1
8.8
To sit or stand with a leg on each side of something like a horse
1
7.7
To place your arms and legs wide apart when standing or lying
Antonyms
How Wide
- Archaic
19
4.4
Surface Forms
Etymology
A helpful way to remember the verb spraddle is to think of spread 'to open out' plus straddle 'sit with legs on each side', which is why to spraddle means to sit, stand, or move with your arms or legs spread wide.