spread-eagle
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(s) with arms and legs stretched out and apart
- lay spread-eagle on the floor
Nouns
- (n) an emblem (an eagle with wings and legs spread) on the obverse of the Great Seal of the United States
- (n) a skating figure executed with the skates heel to heel in a straight line
Verbs
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(v) stretch out completely
- They spread-eagled him across the floor
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(v) stretch over
- His residences spread-eagle the entire county
- (v) execute a spread eagle on skates, with arms and legs stretched out
- (v) stand with arms and legs spread out
- (v) defeat disastrously spreadeagle, rout,