different between spraddled vs spraddle

English

Verb

spraddled

1. simple past tense and past participle of spraddle

English

Etymology

Origin uncertain; possibly from sprad, an obsolete dialectal past participle of spread; or a blend of sprawl +? straddle or spread +? straddle, or perhaps from Middle English *spraddelen; a frequentative form of Middle English spradden, spraden, spr?den (“to lay flat, spread; to distribute, scatter, sow”), from Old English spr?dan (“to expand, spread; to outspread, stretch forth”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per- (“to sow, sprinkle, strew”), equivalent to spread +? -le. Compare also dialectal Norwegian spradla (“to flail, squirm, thrash about”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?sp?ad(?)l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?sp?adl?/
• Hyphenation: sprad?dle

Verb

spraddle (third-person singular simple present spraddles, present participle spraddling, simple past and past participle spraddled) (Canada, Caribbean (West Indies), US)

1. (transitive) To spread apart (the legs). [from c. 1625–1635]
2. (transitive) To spread apart the legs of (someone or something).
3. (intransitive) To lie, move, or stand with legs spread.

Derived terms

• spraddlelegged, spraddle-legged

Noun

spraddle (plural spraddles)

1. A manner of walking with the legs spread out.

References

Anagrams

• paddlers