1 entry found for splaying.
splay ( P ) Pronunciation Key (spl)
adj.
Spread or turned out.
Clumsy or clumsily formed; awkward.

n. Architecture
An oblique angle or bevel given to the sides of an opening in a wall so that the opening is wider on one side of the wall than on the other.

v. splayed, splay·ing, splays
v. tr.
To spread (the limbs, for example) out or apart, especially clumsily.
To make slanting or sloping; bevel.
To dislocate (a bone). Used of an animal.

v. intr.
To be spread out or apart.
To slant or slope.

Turns out it is a word. I'm 'splaying' my fingers on the keyboard as I type this.