Spatchcock
noun
1.
a fowl that has been dressed and split open for grilling.
verb (used with object)
2.
to prepare and roast (a fowl) in this manner.
3.
to insert or interpolate, especially in a forced or incongruous manner:
Additional information has been spatchcocked into the occasional random footnote.
noun
1.
a chicken or game bird split down the back and grilled Compare spitchcock
verb (transitive)
2.
to interpolate (words, a story, etc) into a sentence, narrative, etc, esp inappropriately
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