ribroast

English

Etymology

rib +‎ roast

Pronunciation

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Noun

ribroast (plural ribroasts)

1. A cut of beef from the main rib.

Verb

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

1. (transitive, slang, dated) To beat soundly.
   • c. 1663, Samuel Butler, Hudibras:

     That done, he rises, humbly bows, / And gives thanks for the princely blows; / Departs not meanly proud, and boasting / Of his magnificent rib-roasting

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “ribroast”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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