spread-eagle
Short definition from Wiktionary
Adjective
- Lying with arms and legs outstretched and separated.
- Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated style; bombastic.
Verb
- To put into a spread-eagle position, with arms and legs extended and spread.
- To put one's body in a spread eagle.
Noun
- A position of the body involving full extension of the limbs with both fore- and hind-limbs spread wide, usually referring to humans or heraldic eagles.
- A move in which a skater glides on both feet, the toes turned out to the sides, heels facing each other.
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