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barbeque

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Meat cooked slowly on a grill or over an open fire with a spicy sauce

noun
/ˈbɑːrbɪkjuː/

: barbacoa

During the summer, we always enjoy some delicious barbeque ribs cooked on the grill.
barbeque sauce

Examples

I ordered the barbeque beef!

The Founder (2016)
Love that barbeque.

Pitch Perfect 2 (2015)
Look, I got some good barbeque here.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
- Do you wanna go over the barbeque menu for this weekend?

Killer Prom (2020)
Hey, I got us some barbeque.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
You think a Korean barbeque changes anything?

The Killer's Game (2024)
I wonder if they have that vinegar barbeque.

U.S. Marshals (1998)
A belly full of Delphi's barbeque will do that to you.

Trickster (2018)
Pete's was a barbeque joint; it took Louie until they got there to figure out.

Fiction book (2000)
I happen to be here in Bodeen on business craving some barbeque.

Whip It (2009)

Synonyms

barbecue

vsbarbeque

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Meat cooked on a grill and often served with a spicy sauce

is cooked slowly rather than at unspecified speed

roast

vsbarbeque

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Cooked by dry heat in an oven or over a fire

typically has strong spiced sauce and slow cooking rather than plain dry heat

Surface Forms

barbeque singular

barbeques plural

barbecues plural

barbecue singular

Etymology

Barbeque comes from the Spanish word barbacoa, originally a 'wooden frame for cooking meat' on a slow fire. That's why barbeque also means meat cooked slowly over a fire and often served with a spicy sauce.