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spatchcock
spatch·cock S0609400 (spăch′kŏk)n. A dressed and split fowl for roasting or grilling.tr.v. spatch·cocked, spatch·cock·ing, spatch·cocks 1. To prepare (a dressed fowl) for roasting or grilling by splitting open.2. To introduce or interpose, especially in a labored or unsuitable manner: "Some excerpts from a Renaissance mass are spatchcocked into Gluck's pallid Don Juan music" (Alan Rich).
[Perhaps short for dispatch cock, a cock or chicken that has been killed and dressed in summary manner (from dispatch + cock), or perhaps alteration of spitchcock, an eel cut into short pieces, dressed with bread crumbs, and broiled (of unknown origin).]spatchcock (ˈspætʃˌkɒk) n (Cookery) a chicken or game bird split down the back and grilled. Compare spitchcockvb (tr) (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) to interpolate (words, a story, etc) into a sentence, narrative, etc, esp inappropriately[C18: perhaps variant of spitchcock eel when prepared and cooked]spatch•cock (ˈspætʃˌkɒk)
n. 1. a fowl that has been dressed and split open for grilling. v.t. 2. to prepare and roast (a fowl) in this manner. 3. to insert or interpolate, esp. in a forced or incongruous manner. [1775–85; appar. alter. of spitchcock] spatchcock
Past participle: spatchcocked
Gerund: spatchcocking
| Imperative |
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| spatchcock | | spatchcock |
| Present |
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| I spatchcock | | you spatchcock | | he/she/it spatchcocks | | we spatchcock | | you spatchcock | | they spatchcock |
| Preterite |
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| I spatchcocked | | you spatchcocked | | he/she/it spatchcocked | | we spatchcocked | | you spatchcocked | | they spatchcocked |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am spatchcocking | | you are spatchcocking | | he/she/it is spatchcocking | | we are spatchcocking | | you are spatchcocking | | they are spatchcocking |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have spatchcocked | | you have spatchcocked | | he/she/it has spatchcocked | | we have spatchcocked | | you have spatchcocked | | they have spatchcocked |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was spatchcocking | | you were spatchcocking | | he/she/it was spatchcocking | | we were spatchcocking | | you were spatchcocking | | they were spatchcocking |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had spatchcocked | | you had spatchcocked | | he/she/it had spatchcocked | | we had spatchcocked | | you had spatchcocked | | they had spatchcocked |
| Future |
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| I will spatchcock | | you will spatchcock | | he/she/it will spatchcock | | we will spatchcock | | you will spatchcock | | they will spatchcock |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have spatchcocked | | you will have spatchcocked | | he/she/it will have spatchcocked | | we will have spatchcocked | | you will have spatchcocked | | they will have spatchcocked |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be spatchcocking | | you will be spatchcocking | | he/she/it will be spatchcocking | | we will be spatchcocking | | you will be spatchcocking | | they will be spatchcocking |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been spatchcocking | | you have been spatchcocking | | he/she/it has been spatchcocking | | we have been spatchcocking | | you have been spatchcocking | | they have been spatchcocking |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been spatchcocking | | you will have been spatchcocking | | he/she/it will have been spatchcocking | | we will have been spatchcocking | | you will have been spatchcocking | | they will have been spatchcocking |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been spatchcocking | | you had been spatchcocking | | he/she/it had been spatchcocking | | we had been spatchcocking | | you had been spatchcocking | | they had been spatchcocking |
| Conditional |
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| I would spatchcock | | you would spatchcock | | he/she/it would spatchcock | | we would spatchcock | | you would spatchcock | | they would spatchcock |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have spatchcocked | | you would have spatchcocked | | he/she/it would have spatchcocked | | we would have spatchcocked | | you would have spatchcocked | | they would have spatchcocked |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | spatchcock - flesh of a chicken (or game bird) split down the back and grilled (usually immediately after being killed)chicken, poulet, volaille - the flesh of a chicken used for food | | Verb | 1. | spatchcock - prepare for eating if or as if a spatchcock; "spatchcock a guinea hen"cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"machinate, devise, prepare, organise, organize, get up - arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office" | | 2. | spatchcock - interpolate or insert (words) into a sentence or storyslip in, stick in, sneak in, insert - insert casually; "She slipped in a reference to her own work" |
spatchcock
Words related to spatchcocknoun flesh of a chicken (or game bird) split down the back and grilled (usually immediately after being killed)Related Wordsverb prepare for eating if or as if a spatchcockRelated Words- cookery
- cooking
- preparation
- machinate
- devise
- prepare
- organise
- organize
- get up
verb interpolate or insert (words) into a sentence or storyRelated Words- slip in
- stick in
- sneak in
- insert
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