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barbecuing

barbecuing is the present participle and gerund of barbecue.

Meaning of barbecue

Verb

barbecue (third-person singular simple present barbecues, present participle barbecuing or barbecueing, simple past and past participle barbecued)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To cook food on a barbecue; to smoke food over indirect heat from high-smoke fuels.
  2. (intransitive, transitive) To grill.
    Synonyms:
    braai
  3. (derogatory, slang, transitive) To kill or destroy using high heat or fire; to cook; to burn.
    • Then he picked up a flamethrower and he barbecued Blitzen
      And he took a big bite and said, "It tastes just like chicken"1996, "Weird Al" Yankovic, “The Night Santa Went Crazy”, in Bad Hair Day

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Questions about barbecuing

What is barbecuing the present participle and gerund of?
Barbecuing is the present participle and gerund of barbecue.

Words near barbecuing in the dictionary

  1. barbecuer
  2. barbecuers
  3. barbecues
  4. barbecues up
  5. barbecuey
  6. barbecuing
  7. barbecuing up
  8. barbed
  9. barbed wire
  10. barbed wires
  11. barbedly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: barbecuing (page history and authors); barbecue (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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