strider

[strahy-der]

noun

1. a person who takes long, swift steps.

   The town’s gotten busier—on Main Street at lunchtime, you'll see a higher proportion of striders to strollers than there’s been in quite some time.

2. water strider.

Word History and Origins

Origin of strider¹

stride ( def. ) + -er ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

Unlike running or my herky-jerky stints on the Nordic Machine strider in the basement, there was no specter of calories.

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He had seen water striders, those insects that support themselves in swift streams on long legs kept wide apart.

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“He’s a long strider. It doesn’t look like he would be fast, but he is and I think he’s done a nice job at first base.”

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Trygstad, an avid fly fisherman, has long observed water striders and would like to further study their movements.

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Biologists and physicists have long studied water-walking insects, and already, scooting water striders have helped engineers build robots that can leap from the water’s surface.

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