spatchcocked

English

Etymology

From spatchcock +‎ -ed (suffix forming adjectives, and past tenses and past participles of regular verbs).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈspæt͡ʃkɒkt/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈspæt͡ʃˌkɑkt/
Hyphenation: spatch‧cock‧ed

Adjective

spatchcocked (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, 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.
  Transferred to a different animal.

Verb

spatchcocked

simple past and past participle of spatchcock

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