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Definition of Spreadeagle
1. Verb. Defeat disastrously. "The fighter managed to spreadeagle his opponent"
Generic synonyms: Beat, Beat Out, Crush, Shell, Trounce, Vanquish
Derivative terms: Rout
Definition of Spreadeagle
1. a. Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated style; defiantly or extravagantly bombastic; as, a spread-eagle orator; a spread-eagle speech.
Definition of Spreadeagle
1. Verb. (alternative spelling of spread-eagle) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spreadeagle
Literary usage of Spreadeagle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1862)
"... would designate as ' spreadeagle' and ' bunkum,' and we should term vulgar
ostentation and overweening national vanity, with the whole United States. ..."
2. Gaiety Chronicles by John Hollingshead (1898)
"tionally characteristic nature, running thus : ' General Hercules S. spreadeagle' (let
us say) ' presents his compliments to Dr. Bullrun Russell, ..."
3. The Herts Genealogist and Antiquary by William Brigg (1897)
"... on the south and a tenement called the spreadeagle on the north and [another
tenement] in said street between the spreadeagle & a tellement called the ..."
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