spatchcock
[ spach-kok ]
/ ˈspætʃˌkɒk /
noun
a fowl that has been dressed and split open for grilling.
verb (used with object)
to prepare and roast (a fowl) in this manner.
to insert or interpolate, especially in a forced or incongruous manner: Additional information has been spatchcocked into the occasional random footnote.
Origin of spatchcock
1775–85; apparently alteration of
spitchcock; popular interpretation as shortening of
dispatch cock is probably specious
Words nearby spatchcock
spastic hemiplegia,
spastic ileus,
spastic paralysis,
spasticity,
spat,
spatchcock,
spate,
spathaceous,
spathe,
spathic,
spathiphyllum
British Dictionary definitions for spatchcock
spatchcock
/ (ˈspætʃˌkɒk) /
noun
a chicken or game bird split down the back and grilled
Compare spitchcock
verb (tr)
to interpolate (words, a story, etc) into a sentence, narrative, etc, esp inappropriately
Word Origin for spatchcock
C18: perhaps variant of
spitchcock eel when prepared and cooked