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spread-eagle(dictionary)
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eagle(encyclopedia)

spread-eagle (iou)



spread-eagle verb. E19.
[formed as SPREAD verb.]
verb intrans. Skating. Perform a spread eagle. E19.
verb trans. Stretch out, hold, or secure in the position of a spread eagle, orig. esp. for punishment. Also, spread or splay apart, scatter; esp. (Cricket) knock down (the wicket). Freq. as spread-eagled ppl adjective. E19.
E. Waugh A dead child, like a broken doll, spreadeagled in the deserted roadway. New Yorker A detective..spread-eagled Garreau against the wall.
verb trans. Defeat utterly, esp. in horse-racing. M19.
verb intrans. Speak or act in a grandiloquent or loudly patriotic way. Chiefly US. M19.