spread-eagle
verb
- 1
To put into a spread-eagle position, with arms and legs extended and spread.
- 2
To put one's body in a spread eagle.
adjective
- 1
Lying with arms and legs outstretched and separated.
- 2
Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated style; bombastic.
“a spread-eagle orator”
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