Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun spatchcock

1 sense of spatchcock

Sense 1
spatchcock -- (flesh of a chicken (or game bird) split down the back and grilled (usually immediately after being killed))
       => chicken, poulet, volaille -- (the flesh of a chicken used for food)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb spatchcock

2 senses of spatchcock

Sense 1
spatchcock -- (prepare for eating if or as if a spatchcock; "spatchcock a guinea hen")
       => organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate -- (arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office")

Sense 2
spatchcock -- (interpolate or insert (words) into a sentence or story)
       => slip in, stick in, sneak in, insert -- (insert casually; "She slipped in a reference to her own work")