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to splat

8.1

To cut and press a fish flat so it cooks evenly

verb
/splæt/

: abrir en mariposa

The chef expertly splat the fish before grilling it on the barbecue.

Examples

You need to splat the fish to ensure it cooks evenly over the fire.
He splat the fish on the cutting board.
She learned to splat trout for the family’s outdoor lunches.
I will splat the salmon for dinner.
The chef instructed his team on how to splat the fish to prepare it for grilling.
To make the meal more flavorful, they decided to splat the salmon before cooking it.
Before frying, she carefully splat the trout, ensuring it was ready for the skillet.

Synonyms

to butterfly

vsto splat

1 7.1

To cut and open meat or fish so it lies flat for cooking

is used mainly for fish rather than for various meats

to spatchcock

vsto splat

Specialized

1 9.9

To split a bird open and flatten it for roasting

targets fish rather than poultry for this preparation

How Flat

to flatten

23 2.6

to splat

8.1

to butterfly

1 7.1

to squash

55 2.0

crush

27 2.8

to split

513 1.3

Surface Forms

splat infinitive

splatted past

splatted past participle

splatting present participle

splats third person singular

Etymology

Splat for cooking a fish is an easy image: you press and open the fish so it lies flat, like making a 'splat' of the fish, so to 'splat' a fish is to split it open and flatten it to cook it evenly.