spatchcock meaning

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spatchcock (verb): prepare for eating if or as if a spatchcock.

spatchcock has 3 meanings in this dictionary, as verb and noun.

spatchcock as a verb

  1. prepare for eating if or as if a spatchcock
    • spatchcock a guinea hen

    Type of: organize

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

    Type of: slip in

spatchcock as a noun

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

    Type of: chicken

Word lists: words starting with SP · words ending in CK · 10-letter words

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