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Noun spatchcock has 1 sense

spatchcock - flesh of a chicken (or game bird) split down the back and grilled (usually immediately after being killed)
--₁ is a kind of chicken, poulet, volaille

Derived form: verb spatchcock₁

Verb spatchcock has 2 senses

spatchcock - prepare for eating if or as if a spatchcock; "spatchcock a guine hen"
--₁ is one way to organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate

Derived form: noun spatchcock₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
spatchcock - interpolate or insert (words) into a sentence or story
--₂ is one way to slip in, stick in, sneak in, insert
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something