spreadeagle

Questions about spreadeagle

What does spreadeagle mean?

spreadeagle means "defeat disastrously".

How many syllables are in spreadeagle?

spreadeagle has 5 syllables and divides as spre-a-de-a-gle under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for spreadeagle?

Close synonyms include spread-eagle, rout. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is spreadeagle a common word?

spreadeagle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.