SPATCHCOCK


Meaning of SPATCHCOCK in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈspætʃkɔk ]

n. & v. --n. a chicken or esp. game bird split open and grilled. --v.tr. 1 treat (poultry) in this way. 2 colloq. insert or interpolate (a phrase, sentence, story, etc.) esp. incongruously. [orig. in Ir. use, expl. by Grose (1785) as f. dispatch-cock, but cf. SPITCHCOCK]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.