spatchcock
Meanings
Noun
- Chicken meat when prepared by spatchcocking. (See below.)
- A rushed effort.
Verb
- To cut poultry along the spine and spread the halves apart, for more even cooking when grilled.
- To interpolate, insert or sandwich (in or into).
- To prepare in haste.
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Origin
- Related to spitchcock, of uncertain origin. Possibly a corruption of dispatch + cock.
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