![]() verb stand with arms and legs spread out.adjective with arms and legs stretched out and apart.verb execute a spread eagle on skates, with arms and legs stretched out.verb intransitive To put one's body in a spread eagle.įrom WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University.verb transitive To put into a spread-eagle position, with arms and legs extended and spread.adverb With arms and legs extended and spread.adjective colloquial, humorous Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated style bombastic.adjective Lying with arms and legs outstretched and separated.S.įrom Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. ![]() & Humorous Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated style defiantly or extravagantly bombastic, especially regarding of the greatness of the U. intransitive verb To assume a spread-eagled position - it may be done reclining, for relaxation, or momentarily, as an exhibitionary maneuver in a sport.To stretch out in the attitude of a spread eagle.įrom the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.Having the form or characteristics of a spread eagle, or of the kind of display so called hence, ostentatious bombastic boastful: as, a spread-eagle oration.intransitive verb To make a grandiloquent, patriotic speech.intransitive verb To assume a spread-eagle position.intransitive verb To place in a spread-eagle position, especially as a means of punishment.adjective Informal Full of patriotic or jingoistic rhetoric.adjective Positioned with the arms and legs stretched out. ![]() From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
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