stride /strīd/

1. To walk with long steps
2. To take a long step
3. To straddle

1. To stride over
2. To cover (a distance) by striding

1. A long step
2. A striding gait
3. The length of a long step
4. Stride piano (jazz)
5. (in pl) trousers (slang, esp Aust)

striddle /stridˈl/ intransitive verb

(back-formation from stridling) to straddle

striˈder noun

strideˈways or stridling /stridˈ/ adverb (dialect)

Astride

strideˈlegs or strideˈlegged adverb (Scot)

Astride

stride piano noun (jazz)

A rhythmic style of piano-playing derived from ragtime, popularized in Harlem during the 1920s

be into, get into or hit one's stride

To achieve one's normal or expected level of progress, efficiency, degree of success, etc

• talkings
• talking shop
• talking shops
• talking-to
• talk-ins
• talk like a book
• talk like a Dutch uncle
• talk like a pen-gun
• talk of the devil
• talk out
• talk out of turn
• talk over
• talk radio
• talk round
• talks
• talk shop
• talk show
• talkshow
• talk shows
• talk smack
• talk tall
• talk tall and walk tall
• talk the hindlegs off a donkey
• talk through
• talk through one's hat