SPREADEAGLE

PRONUNCIATION: (SPRED-ee-guhl)

MEANING:
noun: An emblematic representation of an eagle with outspread wings.
verb tr.: To position someone with arms and legs stretched out.
verb intr.: 1. To assume the form of a spread eagle.
2. To be boastful or bombastic in a display of nationalistic pride.
adjective: 1. Lying with arms and legs stretched out.
2. Boastful or bombastic in a display of nationalistic pride.

ETYMOLOGY: The eagle, in various positions, has been a popular bird in heraldry. A spread eagle is on the coats of arms of Germany, Poland, Romania, and the United States. Earliest documented use: 1550. Also see frogmarch.
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SPIREA-D EAGLE - national symbol bedecked with perennial red or white flowers

SPREADBEAGLE - promote the wider reading of Snoopy comic strips

SPREADE-AGE - the area of Ye Olde Ranch