spatchcock a guinea hen.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Verb (used with object) : Additional information has been spatchcocked into the occasional random footnote.    From Dictionary.com. 

I've used chicken Maryland portions but you could easier use this for a whole chicken - it would be best if you "spatchcock" the chicken first, that just means you cut it straight down the backbone and flatten it out.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-07-01] Reference

There are good instructions on how to spatchcock a bird here.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recipe of the Day: Chicken Under a Brick - Bitten Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference

Then we saw Alton Brown spatchcock a chicken on Good Eats & Matt decided to try that.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-05-01] Reference

How to spatchcock a chicken which includes instructions on removing the backbone and keel bone.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recipe of the Day: Chicken Under a Brick - Bitten Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference

I make my own when ever I spatchcock a chicken or turkey but I do need to supplement the homemade stuff.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kalyn's Kitchen Picks: Better Than Bouillon Organic Low-Sodium Chicken Base] Reference

Rather than roasting them on a spit, the Spanish pigs are splayed, spatchcock style, and baked in clay dishes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Big-Time Barbecue] Reference

"We would have had to spatchcock together whatever coalition we could, but it was profoundly difficult," he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lib Dems should be able to veto coalition policies, says Simon Hughes] Reference

Try lemon-brandy spatchcock chicken and grilled pineapple and these assorted braai recipes as well as other traditional foods.    From Wordnik.com.  [For soccer's World Cup, add some international flair to your grilling menu] Reference

Now if quail isn't your cup of tea, you can easily adapt the recipe for chicken or spatchcock, you'll just have to increase the brining time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Brined Quail with Agresto Sauce] Reference

Supper was ready for us — kalo, yams, spatchcock, poi, coffee, rolls, and Oregon kippered salmon; and when I told Halemanu that the spatchcock and salmon reminded me of home, he was quite pleased, and said he would provide the same for breakfast tomorrow.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hawaiian Archipelago] Reference

It was not for want of having it expounded to them, for their military attache -- "'im with the spatchcock on' is 'elmet,'" as I heard him described by a British orderly -- missed nothing of what occurred, as is evident from their official history of the war.    From Wordnik.com.  [New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index] Reference

In culinary terms this is to spatchcock or to butterfly.    From Wordnik.com.  [LJWorld.com stories: News] Reference

I just have to pop out to catch the spatchcock for dinner.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Please bring either an umbrella or a frozen spatchcock and some toothpicks.    From Wordnik.com.  [MetaFilter Projects] Reference

A seriously splayed spatchcock gets a bigger blast of heat, its skin blackened in places.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Michael Phelps are, despite Michael Phelps having a face that objectively looks like a spatchcock.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hecklerspray] Reference

General Staff and as it gives the run of my thoughts at the moment I spatchcock the opening and final paras.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2] Reference

Initially he intended to spatchcock it and got the cleaver out from the back of our packed kitchen utensil drawer.    From Wordnik.com.  [British Blogs] Reference

As it gives a sort of summing up of the state of affairs to-day I spatchcock (as Buller used to say) the carbon.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gallipoli Diary, Volume I] Reference

Supper was ready for us -- kalo, yams, spatchcock, poi, coffee, rolls, and Oregon kippered salmon; and when I told Halemanu that the spatchcock and salmon reminded me of home, he was quite pleased, and said he would provide the same for breakfast to-morrow.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hawaiian Archipelago] Reference

"spatchcock together" a coalition after Gordon Brown's election defeat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference

I always spatchcock a whole chicken because it’s easier to roast and serve.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recipe of the Day: Chicken Under a Brick - Bitten Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference

I don’t know how you could have written this entire blog entry without using the word “spatchcock.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recipe of the Day: Chicken Under a Brick - Bitten Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference

Was at La Bodega twice, Avanti for a sinful buffet and Dave’s for my all-time favorite chicken spatchcock.    From Wordnik.com.  [natinski Diary Entry] Reference

On the left is the completed spatchcock coated with maltose solution; to the right is the marinated spatchcock before maltose.    From Wordnik.com.  [Grab Your Fork] Reference

No more mad cravings for anything buffet and everything sautéed (still not losing weight though) except for a lee-tle maniacal craving for the sinful chicken spatchcock (with asparagus hey!) over at Dave’s.    From Wordnik.com.  [natinski Diary Entry] Reference

Try it: “spatchcock!”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recipe of the Day: Chicken Under a Brick - Bitten Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference

Just what is a “spatchcock”?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recipe of the Day: Chicken Under a Brick - Bitten Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference

"spatchcock".    From Wordnik.com.  [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference

"They're famous, here, for spatchcock.    From Wordnik.com.  [Merry-Garden and Other Stories] Reference

Dave’s makes the best grilled chicken spatchcock.    From Wordnik.com.  [natinski Diary Entry] Reference

Pizza (night-time only), antipasti, salt and pepper calamari, grilled spatchcock, mussels with white wine, prawns in napolitano sauce, mascarpone, gelati.    From Wordnik.com. Reference