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spreadeagle |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Spread-eagle \Spread"-ea`gle\, a. Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated style; defiantly or extravagantly bombastic; as a spread-eagle orator; a spread-eagle speech. [Colloq.& Humorous] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: spread-eagle adj : with arms and legs stretched out and apart; "lay spread-eagle on the floor" v 1: stretch out completely; "They spread-eagled him across the floor" 2: stretch over "His residences spread-eagle the entire county" 3: execute a spread eagle, with arms and legs stretched out 4: stand with arms and legs spread out 5: defeat disastrously [syn: {spreadeagle}, {rout}] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: spreadeagle v : defeat disastrously [syn: {spread-eagle}, {rout}]
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