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)

1. 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^[1], 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

1. simple past and past participle of spatchcock