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| spread-ea·gle |
verb (past and past participle spread-ea·gled, present participle spread-ea·gling, 3rd person present singular spread-ea·gles) |
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1. transitive verb force somebody into spread-out position: to force somebody to stand or lie with arms and legs spread apart, especially when being arrested or searched
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2. intransitive verb adopt position with spread limbs: to stand or lie with arms and legs spread apart
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3. transitive verb stretch body across: to stand or lie with limbs spread wide across a gap or an object
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4. intransitive verb perform skating figure: in ice skating, to perform a spread eagle
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adjective U.S. |
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1. overly patriotic: boastful or chauvinistically patriotic about the United States
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slang
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2. in spread-out position: standing or lying with arms and legs spread apart.
Canadian term spread-eagled
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