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Noun: spatchcock  'spach`kók
  1. Flesh of a chicken (or game bird) split down the back and grilled (usually immediately after being killed)
Verb: spatchcock  'spach`kók
  1. Prepare for eating if or as if a spatchcock
    "spatchcock a guinea hen"
     
  2. Interpolate or insert (words) into a sentence or story

Derived forms: spatchcocks, spatchcocking, spatchcocked

Type of: chicken, devise, get up, insert, machinate, organise [Brit], organize, poulet, prepare, slip in, sneak in, stick in, volaille

Encyclopedia: Spatchcock