Spitchcock definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary SPITCHCOCK, v.t. To split an eel lengthwise and broil it. SPITCHCOCK, n. An eel split and broiled. Oxford Reference Dictionary n ... 16th c.: orig. unkn.: cf. SPATCHCOCK Webster's 1913 Dictionary Spitchcock Spitch"cock`, v. t. [1st spit + cock.] (Cookery) To split ... or fry it in hot fat. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Spitchcock Spitch"cock`, n. (Cookery) An eel split and broiled.