spread-eagle has definitions from the field of dance
1
[ verb ] stretch out completely

Examples

"They spread-eagled him across the floor"

Used in print

(Gene Caesar, Rifle for Rent....)

I found a trooper once the Apache had spread-eagled on an ant_hill , and another time we ran_across some teamsters they 'd caught , tied upside_down on their own wagon_wheels over little fires until their brains was exploded right out o ' their skulls .

Related terms

stretch

2
[ verb ] (dance) execute a spread eagle, with arms and legs stretched out

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figure_skate sport

3
[ verb ] stand with arms and legs spread out

Related terms

sprawl

4
[ verb ] stretch over

Examples

"His residences spread-eagle the entire county"

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range

5
[ adjective ] with arms and legs stretched out and apart

Examples

"lay spread-eagle on the floor"

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extended

6
[ verb ] defeat disastrously

Synonyms

rout spreadeagle

Related terms

beat rout

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