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Meaning of 'spread-eagle' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Spread-eagle [ a.]
- Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated style; defiantly or extravagantly bombastic; as, a spread-eagle orator; a spread-eagle speech.

Meaning of 'spread-eagle' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . spread-eagle [ v]
Meaning (1):
- stretch over
Example in sentence:
  • His residences spread-eagle the entire county
Meaning (2):
- stretch out completely
Example in sentence:
  • They spread-eagled him across the floor
3 . spread-eagle [ s]
Meaning (3):
- with arms and legs stretched out and apart
Example in sentence:
  • lay spread-eagle on the floor

Nearby Words:

sprack sprad spradde sprag spragged spragging sprain sprained spraining spraints

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