Meaning of SPREAD EAGLE
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- [n] a skating figure executed with the skates heel to heel in a straight line
- [n] an emblem (an eagle with wings and legs spread) on the obverse of the Great Seal of the United States
- [adj] with arms and legs stretched out and apart; "lay spread-eagle on the floor"
- [v] stretch out completely; "They spread-eagled him across the floor"
- [v] defeat disastrously
- [v] stand with arms and legs spread out
- [v] execute a spread eagle, with arms and legs stretched out
- [v] stretch over; "His residences spread-eagle the entire county"
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| | Synonyms: | | extended, rout, spreadeagle |
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| | See Also: | | allegory, beat, beat out, crush, emblem, extend, figure, figure skate, range, shell, sprawl, straddle, stretch, trounce, vanquish | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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]
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