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Spatchcock (Verb)

Meaning 1

Prepare for eating if or as if a spatchcock; "spatchcock a guinea hen".

Classification

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.

Examples

  • The chicken was spatchcocked to cook evenly and quickly on the grill.
  • To prepare the small bird for roasting, spatchcock it by cutting out the backbone and flattening the breast.
  • She carefully spatchcocked the game hen before grilling it with her special herbs and spices.
  • Spatchcock the pheasant and season it with a mixture of garlic, salt, and pepper for better flavor.
  • The chef decided to spatchcock the quail to make it crispier and to achieve better texture when grilling.

Hypernyms

  • Organise
  • Get Up
  • Devise
  • Prepare
  • Machinate

Related Words

  • Spatchcock (noun)

Meaning 2

Interpolate or insert (words) into a sentence or story.

Classification

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.

Examples

  • The editor decided to spatchcock a few additional scenes into the movie script to make the plot more coherent.
  • Some critics accused him of spatchcocking entire paragraphs from other people's work into his own essay.
  • To make the jokes appear funnier, the comedian loved to spatchcock funny one-liners into everyday conversations.
  • She had a tendency to spatchcock new vocabulary words into her stories to confuse the readers.
  • He often caught himself spatchcocking apologies into discussions where they didn't quite fit naturally.

Hypernyms

  • Sneak In
  • Stick In
  • Insert
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