spraddled

spraddled
adjective W. Indian & N. Amer. spread (one's legs) far apart.

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  • spraddle — ˈspradəl verb (spraddled ; spraddled ; spraddling d(ə)liŋ ; spraddles) Etymology: probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian dialect spradla to thrash about, Old Norse sprathka to kick, thrash about; akin to Old High German spratalōn to… …   Useful english dictionary

  • sprad|dle — «SPRAD uhl», verb, dled, dling. –v.i. = sprawl. (Cf. ↑sprawl) –v.t. 1. to spread or stretch (one s legs) wide apart: »He stood with legs spraddled over a large grass basket (Jack London). 2. to stretch over or across; straddle: »Overnight,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • spraddle — verb (spraddled; spraddling) Etymology: perhaps blend of straddle and sprawl Date: 1632 intransitive verb 1. sprawl 2. to go or walk with a straddling gait ; straddle transitive verb 1 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • spraddle — /sprad l/, v., spraddled, spraddling. v.t. 1. to straddle. v.i. 2. to sprawl. [1625 35; orig. uncert.; cf. Norw dial. spradla squirm, flail] * * * …   Universalium

  • deltoid — Synonyms and related words: centrifugal, cuneate, cuneated, cuneiform, delta shaped, deltalike, divaricate, divaricating, divergent, diverging, fan shape, fan shaped, fanlike, fanned, fanning, flabelliform, flared, flaring, open, outspread,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • fan shaped — Synonyms and related words: centrifugal, delta shaped, deltalike, deltoid, divaricate, divaricating, divergent, diverging, fan shape, fanlike, fanned, fanning, flabelliform, flared, flaring, open, outspread, outstretched, palmate, palmated,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • flaring — Synonyms and related words: ablaze, afire, aflame, aflicker, aglow, alight, ardent, blatant, blazing, blinding, brazen, brazenfaced, burning, candent, candescent, colorful, comburent, conflagrant, crude, deltoid, extravagant, fan shape, fan… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • open — Synonyms and related words: Spartan, abandoned, aboveboard, absolute, accented, acceptable, accessible, activate, admissible, admissive, admissory, adumbrate, advertise, affirmed, afford, agape, agreeable, air, ajar, aloof, altruistic, alveolar,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • outstretched — Synonyms and related words: deltoid, fan shape, fan shaped, fanlike, fanned, fanning, flabelliform, flared, flaring, open, outspread, patulous, splay, splayed, splaying, spraddled, spraddling, sprangled, sprangling, sprawling, sprawly, spread,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • splay — Synonyms and related words: aberrate, addition, adjunct, aggrandizement, ampliation, amplification, attenuation, augmentation, awkward, bestrew, branch, branch out, broadcast, broadcasting, broadening, circumfuse, circumfusion, crescendo, deal… …   Moby Thesaurus

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