Lexic.us

Definition of Spatchcock

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

2. Verb. Prepare for eating if or as if a spatchcock. "Spatchcock a guinea hen"

3. Verb. Interpolate or insert (words) into a sentence or story.

Definition of Spatchcock

1. n. See Spitchcock.

Definition of Spatchcock

1. Noun. Chicken meat when prepared by spatchcocking. (See below.) ¹

2. Noun. A rushed effort. ¹

3. Verb. To cut poultry along the spine and spread the halves apart, for more even cooking when grilled. ¹

4. Verb. To interpolate, insert or sandwich (in or into) ¹

5. Verb. To prepare in haste. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spatchcock

spastic pseuodoparalysis spastic speech spastic spinal paralysis spastic syndrome in cattle spastic tetraplegia spastically spasticities spasticity spastics spastin

spat spatangoid spatangoidea spatangoids spatangus spatchcock (current term) spatchcocked spatchcocking spatchcocks spate

spates spatfall spatfalls spatha spathaceous spathal spathas spathe spathe flower spathed

Literary usage of Spatchcock

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Life, Here and There: Or, Sketches of Society and Adventure at Far-apart by Nathaniel Parker Willis (1854)
"So has the builder of this glorious spatchcock narrowly escaped immortality! Fairest Lady Grace, tho sonnet shall bo yours, at the rebound ! A sonnet ? ..."

2. The Hawaiian Archipelago: Six Months Among the Palm Groves, Coral Reefs, and by Isabella Lucy Bird (1894)
"Supper was ready for us—kalo, yams, spatchcock, poi, coffee, rolls, ... that the spatchcock and salmon reminded me of home, he was quite pleased, ..."

3. The Hawaiian Archipelago: Six Months Amongst Palm Groves, Coral Reefs, and by Isabella Lucy Bird (1906)
"Supper was ready for us—kalo, yams, spatchcock, poi, coffee, rolls, ... that the spatchcock and salmon reminded me of home, he was quite pleased, ..."

4. The Hawaiian Archipelago: Six Months Among the Palm Groves, Coral Reefs, and by Isabella Lucy Bird (1881)
"Supper was ready for us—kalo, yams, spatchcock, poi, coffee, rolls, ... that the spatchcock and salmon reminded me of home, he was quite pleased, ..."

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