English words for 'Alternative form of straddlewise.'
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noun
- An act of strutting (“bracing or supporting (something) by a strut or struts (sense 1); attaching diagonally; bending at a sharp angle”); specifically, deviation (of the spoke of a wheel) from the normal position.
- (chiefly construction) A beam or rod providing support.
- (historical) An instrument for adjusting the pleats of a ruff.
- (also figuratively) A step or walk done stiffly and with the head held high, often due to haughtiness or pride; affected dignity in walking.
- brace consisting of a bar or rod used to resist longitudinal compression
- a proud stiff pompous gait
verb
- (transitive, chiefly construction, also figuratively) To brace or support (something) by a strut or struts; to hold (something) in place or strengthen by a diagonal, transverse, or upright support.
- (intransitive, by extension, also figuratively) To walk haughtily or proudly with one's head held high.
- (transitive, by extension) To walk across or on (a stage or other place) haughtily or proudly.
- (intransitive) Of a peacock or other fowl: to stand or walk stiffly, with the tail erect and spread out.
- (intransitive) To be attached diagonally or at a slant; also, to be bent at a sharp angle.
- to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
verb
noun
- (countable) The distance covered by a long step.
- (countable, computing) The number of memory locations between successive elements in an array, pixels in a bitmap, etc.
- (countable) A long step in walking.
- (uncountable, music) A jazz piano style of the 1920s and 1930s. The left hand characteristically plays a four-beat pulse with a single bass note, octave, seventh or tenth interval on the first and third beats, and a chord on the second and fourth beats.
- significant progress (especially in the phrase ‘make strides’)
- the distance covered by a step
- a step in walking or running
verb
- (transitive) To move (something broad and loose) up and down.
- (computing, telecommunications, intransitive, of a resource or network destination) To be advertised as being available and then unavailable (or available by different routes) in rapid succession.
- (phonetics, intransitive) To be pronounced with a flap consonant.
- (phonetics, transitive) To pronounce (something) as a flap consonant.
- (intransitive) To move loosely back and forth.
- (soccer, intransitive) For a goalkeeper to weakly attempt to play a flighted ball with the hands, failing to control it.
- move with a thrashing motion
- pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds
- make a fuss; be agitated
- move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
- move with a flapping motion
- to flutter noisily when moved by the wind
noun
- (surgery) A piece of tissue incompletely detached from the body, as an intermediate stage of plastic surgery.
- A controversy, scandal, stir, or upset.
- A side fin of a ray.
- (aviation) A hinged surface on the trailing edge of the wings of an aeroplane, used to increase lift and drag.
- (graph theory) A connected component of the induced subgraph formed by deleting a set of vertices.
- Anything broad and flexible that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved.
- (slang, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) The labia, the vulva.
- (phonetics) A consonant sound made by a single muscle contraction, such as the sound /ɾ/ in the standard American English pronunciation of body.
- A hinged leaf.
- The motion of anything broad and loose, or a sound or stroke made with it.
- an excited state of agitation
- a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag
- a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body
- the motion made by flapping up and down
- any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely
noun
- An act of strutting (“bracing or supporting (something) by a strut or struts (sense 1); attaching diagonally; bending at a sharp angle”); specifically, deviation (of the spoke of a wheel) from the normal position.
- (chiefly construction) A beam or rod providing support.
- (historical) An instrument for adjusting the pleats of a ruff.
- (also figuratively) A step or walk done stiffly and with the head held high, often due to haughtiness or pride; affected dignity in walking.
- brace consisting of a bar or rod used to resist longitudinal compression
- a proud stiff pompous gait
verb
- (transitive, chiefly construction, also figuratively) To brace or support (something) by a strut or struts; to hold (something) in place or strengthen by a diagonal, transverse, or upright support.
- (intransitive, by extension, also figuratively) To walk haughtily or proudly with one's head held high.
- (transitive, by extension) To walk across or on (a stage or other place) haughtily or proudly.
- (intransitive) Of a peacock or other fowl: to stand or walk stiffly, with the tail erect and spread out.
- (intransitive) To be attached diagonally or at a slant; also, to be bent at a sharp angle.
- to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
verb
noun
- (countable) The distance covered by a long step.
- (countable, computing) The number of memory locations between successive elements in an array, pixels in a bitmap, etc.
- (countable) A long step in walking.
- (uncountable, music) A jazz piano style of the 1920s and 1930s. The left hand characteristically plays a four-beat pulse with a single bass note, octave, seventh or tenth interval on the first and third beats, and a chord on the second and fourth beats.
- significant progress (especially in the phrase ‘make strides’)
- the distance covered by a step
- a step in walking or running
verb
- (transitive) To move (something broad and loose) up and down.
- (computing, telecommunications, intransitive, of a resource or network destination) To be advertised as being available and then unavailable (or available by different routes) in rapid succession.
- (phonetics, intransitive) To be pronounced with a flap consonant.
- (phonetics, transitive) To pronounce (something) as a flap consonant.
- (intransitive) To move loosely back and forth.
- (soccer, intransitive) For a goalkeeper to weakly attempt to play a flighted ball with the hands, failing to control it.
- move with a thrashing motion
- pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds
- make a fuss; be agitated
- move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
- move with a flapping motion
- to flutter noisily when moved by the wind
noun
- (surgery) A piece of tissue incompletely detached from the body, as an intermediate stage of plastic surgery.
- A controversy, scandal, stir, or upset.
- A side fin of a ray.
- (aviation) A hinged surface on the trailing edge of the wings of an aeroplane, used to increase lift and drag.
- (graph theory) A connected component of the induced subgraph formed by deleting a set of vertices.
- Anything broad and flexible that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved.
- (slang, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) The labia, the vulva.
- (phonetics) A consonant sound made by a single muscle contraction, such as the sound /ɾ/ in the standard American English pronunciation of body.
- A hinged leaf.
- The motion of anything broad and loose, or a sound or stroke made with it.
- an excited state of agitation
- a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag
- a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body
- the motion made by flapping up and down
- any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely