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ribroasting

ribroasting is the present participle and gerund of ribroast.

Meaning of ribroast

Verb

ribroast (third-person singular simple present ribroasts, present participle ribroasting, simple past and past participle ribroasted)

  1. (dated, slang, transitive) To beat up vigorously.
    • That done, he rises, humbly bows, / And gives thanks for the princely blows; / Departs not meanly proud, and boasting / Of his magnificent rib-roastingc. 1663, Samuel Butler, Hudibras

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Questions about ribroasting

What is ribroasting the present participle and gerund of?
Ribroasting is the present participle and gerund of ribroast.

Words near ribroasting in the dictionary

  1. ribozymology
  2. ribroast
  3. ribroasted
  4. ribroaster
  5. ribroasters
  6. ribroasting
  7. ribroasts
  8. ribs
  9. ribspare
  10. ribspares
  11. ribsteak

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