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