spreadeagle

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A form of spread-eagle — Lying with arms and legs outstretched and separated.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

adjectivespreadeagle (comparative more spreadeagle, superlative most spreadeagle)

comparative more spreadeagle · superlative most spreadeagle

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of spread-eagle.
verbspreadeagle (third-person singular simple present spreadeagles, present participle spreadeagling, simple past and past participle spreadeagled)

present singular third person spreadeagles · participle present spreadeagling · participle past spreadeagled · past spreadeagled

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of spread-eagle.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbdefeat disastrously

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

spreadeagle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spreadeagle

MLA

“spreadeagle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spreadeagle. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spreadeagle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spreadeagle.

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