Dictionary definition · spread-eagle
verb
- stretch out completely"They spread-eagled him across the floor"
- stretch over"His residences spread-eagle the entire county"
- execute a spread eagle on skates, with arms and legs stretched out
- stand with arms and legs spread out
- defeat disastrously
adjective
- with arms and legs stretched out and apart"lay spread-eagle on the floor"
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).