spit-roast
spit-roast verb: to roast (meat) on a spit (“metal or wooden rod”).
Verb
spit-roast (third-person singular simple present spit-roasts, present participle spit-roasting, simple past and past participle spit-roasted)
- To roast (meat) on a spit (“metal or wooden rod”).
- Even the men participated when we spit-roasted a whole lamb for Greek Easter in the American-Greek couple’s backyard.1999, Betty Fussell, “Hot Grills”, in My Kitchen Wars, New York, N.Y.: North Point Press, →ISBN, page 127
- Last summer we spit-roasted a baby lamb (slaughtered the day before) over a birch fire at our camp in the Rangeley Lake region of Maine.2010, Mariana de Saint Phalle, “Letter #5: Late Summer, 1984”, in Mimi Allen, editor, Mariana’s Letters: Writings & Recipes, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, page 53
- To engage in the sexual practice wherein two people penetrate a single sexual partner at the same time, one orally and the other vaginally or anally.
Forms of spit-roast
| third-person singular present | spit-roasts |
|---|---|
| present participle | spit-roasting |
| past participle | spit-roasted |
| past | spit-roasted |
| alternative form | spit roast |
| alternative form | spitroast |
Words formed from spit-roast
Questions about spit-roast
- What does spit-roast mean?
- Spit-roast means to roast (meat) on a spit (“metal or wooden rod”).
- What part of speech is spit-roast?
- Spit-roast is a verb.
- What is the past tense of spit-roast?
- The past tense of spit-roast is spit-roasted.
Words near spit-roast in the dictionary
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