Definitions
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- noun One who
strides . - noun An insect called the
water strider .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who walks rapidly with long steps
Etymologies
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Examples
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He is a pattern of indentations on the surface of the liquid then the outline of a water strider then an oval form the inside of which is an arrangement of gears and levers through which pass tiny white ribbons covered in numbers.
Investigation stephen hastings-king 2011
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Kelly is a long strider who doesn't explode off the line, but when he hits second gear, he shocks defenders by covering large chunks of yardage per step.
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If ever any shoe was the embodiment of all our feminine contradictions this tall strider was it, and now we're on the hunt.
Rosalyn Hoffman: Heel Power: Men Lust After Women, Women Lust After Shoes 2009
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Unfortunately, many species of water strider are wingless even as adults.
Insecta (Aquatic) 2008
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Anybody see the HL2: Episode Two gameplay with the house being blown up by the strider?
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Destroy 90% of the environment in this game 2006
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We have a scuttlin' lobster-like robot and a robotic cockroach, not to mention water-born bots such as the water strider, the robotic tuna, and Madaleine, the turtlebot.
Material World: The Nature of Robots Tracy Staedter 2008
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Long strider with adequate change of direction agility ...
USATODAY.com 2005
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Long strider and adequate route runner with good vision and field awareness ...
USATODAY.com 2005
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Long strider with good quickness off the line of scrimmage, where he can gain and defeat a defensive back's cushion ...
USATODAY.com 2005
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That Rumsfeld guy was a great strider and a refocuser when he wasn't leaping tall buildings.
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