Definition of: barbecue

(bär′bə·ky) noun
1. An outdoor feast at which the whole animal carcass is roasted over an open fire and served.
2. Any meat roasted on a spit over an open fire.
—v.t. ·cued, ·cu·ing
1. To roast whole.
2. To roast (usually beef or pork) in large pieces or whole over an open fire or in a trench, often using a highly seasoned sauce.
3. To cook (meat) with a highly seasoned sauce. [<Sp. barbacoa <Taino barbacoa framework of sticks]