spatchcocked
English
editEtymology
editFrom spatchcock + -ed (suffix forming adjectives, and past tenses and past participles of regular verbs).
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈspæt͡ʃkɒkt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈspæt͡ʃˌkɑkt/
- Hyphenation: spatch‧cock‧ed
Adjective
editspatchcocked (not comparable)
- Of poultry: cut along the spine and having its halves spread apart for more even cooking.
- 2014 November 11, Robbie Collin, “The Hunger Games: Review”, in The Daily Telegraph[1], London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-05-26:
- Katniss [Everdeen] emerges alone, smeared in blood and muck and gnawing on the charred remains of a spatchcocked squirrel.
Verb
editspatchcocked
- simple past and past participle of spatchcock