Noun: spatchcock 'spach,kók
- Flesh of a chicken (or game bird) split down the back and grilled (usually immediately after being killed)
"They prepared a spatchcock chicken for the barbecue"
- (cooking) prepare for eating if or as if a spatchcock
"spatchcock a guinea hen"
- Interpolate or insert (words) into a sentence or story
"The editor spatchcocked a clarifying phrase into the article"
Derived forms: spatchcocks, spatchcocked, spatchcocking
Type of: chicken, devise, get up, insert, machinate, organise [Brit], organize, poulet, prepare, slip in, sneak in, stick in, volaille [archaic]
Encyclopedia: Spatchcock