SPATCHCOCK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spatchcock mean? 

• SPATCHCOCK (noun)
  The noun SPATCHCOCK has 1 sense:

1. flesh of a chicken (or game bird) split down the back and grilled (usually immediately after being killed)

  Familiarity information: SPATCHCOCK used as a noun is very rare.

• SPATCHCOCK (verb)
  The verb SPATCHCOCK has 2 senses:

1. prepare for eating if or as if a spatchcock

2. interpolate or insert (words) into a sentence or story

  Familiarity information: SPATCHCOCK used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPATCHCOCK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Flesh of a chicken (or game bird) split down the back and grilled (usually immediately after being killed)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("spatchcock" is a kind of...):

chicken; poulet; volaille (the flesh of a chicken used for food)

Derivation:

spatchcock (prepare for eating if or as if a spatchcock)

• SPATCHCOCK (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they spatchcock    ... he / she / it spatchcocks   
Past simple: spatchcocked   
Past participle: spatchcocked   
-ing form: spatchcocking   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Prepare for eating if or as if a spatchcock

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Context example:

spatchcock a guinea hen

Hypernyms (to "spatchcock" is one way to...):

devise; get up; machinate; organise; organize; prepare (arrange by systematic planning and united effort)

Domain category:

cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

spatchcock (flesh of a chicken (or game bird) split down the back and grilled (usually immediately after being killed))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Interpolate or insert (words) into a sentence or story

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "spatchcock" is one way to...):

insert; slip in; sneak in; stick in (insert casually)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something