Definition of Barbecuing

1. Noun. Roasting a large piece of meat on a revolving spit out of doors over an open fire.

Generic synonyms: Roasting

Definition of Barbecuing

1. Verb. (present participle of barbecue) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Barbecuing

1. barbecue [v] - See also: barbecue

Lexicographical Neighbors of Barbecuing

barbative
barbats
barbe
barbe espagnole
barbecue
barbecue pit
barbecue sauce
barbecue sauces
barbecue stopper
barbecued
barbecued spareribs
barbecued wing
barbecuer
barbecuers
barbecues
barbecuing (current term)
barbed
barbed wire
barbed wires
barbel
barbell
barbellae
barbellate
barbells
barbellulate
barbels
barbeque
barbequed
barbeques
barbequing

Literary usage of Barbecuing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Blockaded Family: Life in Southern Alabama During the Civil War by Parthenia Antoinette Hague (1888)
"It would sometimes be far beyond the hour of midnight before the barbecuing meat was removed from the " pits," and I yet think that such barbecued meats ..."

2. Tupelo by John Hill Aughey (1888)
"and the barbecuing goes on more soberly. Occasionally a little water is thrown on ... Now, as master of the barbecuing, he rules supreme in the cooking lot, ..."

3. Southwestern Historical Quarterly by Texas State Historical Association, Eugene Campbell Barker, Herbert Eugene Bolton, University of Texas at Austin Center for Studies in Texas History (1900)
"I should have said by barbecuing it, for all cooking utensils had been left at the mouth of the river except a small kettle and frying pan, neither of which ..."

4. Scribners Monthly (1878)
"... thirty feet long, over which half a dozen oxen split in halves »ere undergoing the process called barbecuing, he was greatly excited. ..."

5. ... William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879: The Story of His Life by Wendell Phillips Garrison, Francis Jackson Garrison (1885)
"... for whom " barbecuing " — that is, roasting alive — was recommended if caught. The Intelligencer, with no word of disapproval, repeated the allegation ..."

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