spraddle

[sprad-l]

verb (used with object)

spraddled, spraddling 

1. to straddle.

verb (used without object)

spraddled, spraddling 

1. to sprawl.

Word History and Origins

Origin of spraddle¹

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

Example Sentences

Stanley was born and raised in Big Spraddle, Va., a land of coal mines and deep forests where he and his brother formed the Stanley Brothers and their Clinch Mountain Boys in 1946.

From Los Angeles Times

Born and raised in Big Spraddle, Virginia, the Stanley siblings were taught to sing bluegrass and play the banjo by their parents Lee and Lucy.

From BBC

Born Feb. 25, 1927, at Big Spraddle Creek in Virginia's Dickenson County, Stanley took early musical influence from his banjo-playing mother and from the Primitive Baptist Univeralist Church.

From Reuters

Spraddle- legged, claws digging into the bark, she was easing her way down.

From Literature

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