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spread-ea·gle

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l] Pronunciation Key adjective, verb, -gled, -gling.

–adjective

1.	having or suggesting the form of a spread eagle.

2.	lying prone with arms and legs outstretched.

3.	boastful or bombastic, esp. in the display of patriotic or nationalistic pride in the U.S.

–verb (used with object)

4.	to stretch out (something) in the manner of a spread eagle.

–verb (used without object)

5.	to assume the position or perform the acrobatic figure of a spread eagle: The skater spread-eagled across the rink.

[Origin: 1820–30

]

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spread-ea·gle (sprěd'ē'gəl)
adj.

Positioned with the arms and legs stretched out.
Informal Full of patriotic or jingoistic rhetoric.

v.   spread-ea·gled, spread-ea·gling, spread-ea·gles

v.   tr.
To place in a spread-eagle position, especially as a means of punishment.

v.   intr.

To assume a spread-eagle position.
To make a grandiloquent, patriotic speech.

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spread-eagle

lit. "splayed eagle," 1570, a heraldic term; the figure is that of the seal of the United States (hence spreadeagleism "extravagant laudation of the U.S.," 1858). Meaning "person secured with arms and legs stretched out" (originally to be flogged) is attested from 1785.

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spread-eagle
adjective
1.	with arms and legs stretched out and apart; "lay spread-eagle on the floor"
verb
1.	stretch out completely; "They spread-eagled him across the floor"
2.	stretch over; "His residences spread-eagle the entire county"
3.	execute a spread eagle on skates, with arms and legs stretched out
4.	stand with arms and legs spread out
5.	defeat disastrously

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Eagle Creek, IN Zip code(s): 46214, 46254

Eagle Lake, TX (city, FIPS 21844) Location: 29.58713 N, 96.32829 W
Population (1990): 3551 (1440 housing units)
Area: 7.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 77434

Eagle Mountain, CA Zip code(s): 92239

Eagle Nest, NM (village, FIPS 22020) Location: 36.55297 N, 105.26078 W
Population (1990): 189 (157 housing units)
Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 87718

Eagle Pass, TX (city, FIPS 21892) Location: 28.70976 N, 100.49141 W
Population (1990): 20651 (6358 housing units)
Area: 12.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 78852

Eagle Point, OR (city, FIPS 21550) Location: 42.46607 N, 122.79953 W
Population (1990): 3008 (1119 housing units)
Area: 4.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 97524

Eagle River, AK Zip code(s): 99577

Eagle River, WI (city, FIPS 21625) Location: 45.92463 N, 89.25790 W
Population (1990): 1374 (706 housing units)
Area: 6.2 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 54521

Eagle Rock, MO Zip code(s): 65641

Eagle Rock, VA Zip code(s): 24085

Eagle Springs, NC Zip code(s): 27242

Eagle Lake, MN (city, FIPS 17378) Location: 44.15941 N, 93.88255 W
Population (1990): 1703 (588 housing units)
Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 56024

Eagle Lake, FL (city, FIPS 18875) Location: 27.97820 N, 81.75768 W
Population (1990): 1758 (694 housing units)
Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 33839

Eagle Harbor, MI Zip code(s): 49950

Eagle Bay, NY Zip code(s): 13331

Eagle Bend, MN (city, FIPS 17342) Location: 46.16500 N, 95.03401 W
Population (1990): 524 (263 housing units)
Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 56446

Eagle Grove, IA (city, FIPS 23250) Location: 42.66734 N, 93.90132 W
Population (1990): 3671 (1641 housing units)
Area: 10.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 50533

Eagle Creek, OR Zip code(s): 97022

Eagle City, OK Zip code(s): 73658

Eagle Butte, SD (city, FIPS 17620) Location: 44.99036 N, 101.22914 W
Population (1990): 489 (184 housing units)
Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Eagle County, CO (county, FIPS 37) Location: 39.62439 N, 106.70355 W
Population (1990): 21928 (15226 housing units)
Area: 4371.8 sq km (land), 10.2 sq km (water)

Eagle Village, AK (CDP, FIPS 20600) Location: 64.79042 N, 141.10910 W
Population (1990): 35 (36 housing units)
Area: 87.5 sq km (land), 7.0 sq km (water)

Eagle Mountain, TX (CDP, FIPS 21856) Location: 32.89344 N, 97.44427 W
Population (1990): 5847 (2306 housing units)
Area: 60.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

Eagle Harbor, MD (town, FIPS 24200) Location: 38.56637 N, 76.68705 W
Population (1990): 38 (36 housing units)
Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Eagle Lake, WI (CDP, FIPS 21525) Location: 42.70707 N, 88.12807 W
Population (1990): 1196 (578 housing units)
Area: 5.7 sq km (land), 2.1 sq km (water)

Eagle-Vail, CO (CDP, FIPS 22207) Location: 39.62199 N, 106.48915 W
Population (1990): 1922 (1099 housing units)
Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

North Eagle Butte, SD (CDP, FIPS 45548) Location: 45.00132 N, 101.22708 W
Population (1990): 1423 (517 housing units)
Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Eagle, CO (town, FIPS 22200) Location: 39.65564 N, 106.82544 W
Population (1990): 1580 (624 housing units)
Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 81631

Eagle, ID (city, FIPS 23410) Location: 43.69353 N, 116.35478 W
Population (1990): 3327 (1238 housing units)
Area: 13.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 83616

Eagle, MI (village, FIPS 23560) Location: 42.80978 N, 84.79052 W
Population (1990): 120 (42 housing units)
Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 48822

Eagle, NE (village, FIPS 14100) Location: 40.81606 N, 96.43206 W
Population (1990): 1047 (374 housing units)
Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 68347

Eagle, WI (village, FIPS 21425) Location: 42.87963 N, 88.47127 W
Population (1990): 1182 (400 housing units)
Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 53119

Eagle, AK (city, FIPS 20380) Location: 64.77815 N, 141.20063 W
Population (1990): 168 (146 housing units)
Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Golden Eagle, IL Zip code(s): 62036

Grey Eagle, MN (city, FIPS 26000) Location: 45.82505 N, 94.74865 W
Population (1990): 353 (172 housing units)
Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 56336

New Eagle, PA (borough, FIPS 53496) Location: 40.20618 N, 79.95453 W
Population (1990): 2172 (951 housing units)
Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 15067

Black Eagle, MT Zip code(s): 59414

Little Eagle, SD (CDP, FIPS 37900) Location: 45.68159 N, 100.79625 W
Population (1990): 294 (72 housing units)
Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

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