Definitions of spread-eagle:

  • verb:   stretch over
    Example: "His residences spread-eagle the entire county"
  • verb:   stretch out completely
    Example: "They spread-eagled him across the floor"
  • verb:   defeat disastrously
  • verb:   stand with arms and legs spread out
  • verb:   execute a spread eagleon skates, with arms and legs stretched out
  • adjective:   with arms and legs stretched out and apart
    Example: "Lay spread-eagle on the floor"