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| barbecue |
a party, often held outdoors, at which meat and sometimes vegetables are roasted on a grill or spit over an open fire. [2/4 definitions] |
| BBQ |
abbreviation of "barbeque," a party, often held outdoors, at which meat and sometimes vegetables are roasted on a grill or spit over an open fire. |
| broach |
a spit for roasting meat. [1/7 definitions] |
| brochette |
a small skewer or spit used for cooking. |
| cuspidor |
a vessel designed to spit in; spittoon. |
| en brochette |
(French) on a skewer, esp. broiled or grilled on a small spit or skewer. |
| expectorate |
to cough up or spit out (phlegm). [2 definitions] |
| frog spit |
cuckoo spit. [1/2 definitions] |
| gyro2 |
a sandwich made of pita bread stuffed with meat roasted on a rotating spit or skewer and various vegetables and condiments. |
| quid |
a portion of tobacco or other material that is designed to be chewed and then spit out. |
| rotisserie |
a broiler with a rotating spit, usu. driven by an electric motor. [1/2 definitions] |
| spat2 |
a past tense and past participle of spit1. |
| spit2 |
to impale on a spit. [1/3 definitions] |
| spitting image |
(informal) an exact likeness; spit and image. |
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