Strides

noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·1 syllable ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of stride form-of, plural
  2. 2
    Trousers. Australia, UK, plural, plural-only, slang

    "2004, Marion Houldsworth, Red Dust Rising: The Story of Ray Fryer of Urapunga, Central Queensland University Press, 2011, Boolarong Press, page 97, So he gave him one boot. I said, ‘One boot′s no bloody good! Give him two boot[s]!’ So he chucks over another boot, and a pair of strides."

Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of stride form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

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trouserskegspants

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"Doctors have made great strides in their fight against cancer."

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