spraddle

American  

[sprad-l] / ˈspræd l /

verb (used with object)

spraddled, spraddling

1. to straddle.

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verb (used without object)

spraddled, spraddling

1. to sprawl.

Etymology

Origin of spraddle

1625–35; origin uncertain; compare Norwegian dialect spradla squirm, flail

Example Sentences

At Utah State University, he sent the discus on trajectories exceeding 180 ft. from the awkward spraddle that marks his stance.

From Time Magazine Archive

"And all the good hard dollars just waiting for someone to spraddle them around!" said Mr. Bunner with a note of pathos in his voice.

From The Woman in Black by Bentley, E. C. (Edmund Clerihew)

I watched her spraddle down the aisle and out through the little corridor before I dared risk the accident of a backward turn of that funny green hat.

From The Haunted Pajamas by Elliott, Francis Perry