n.
- an outdoor meal or gathering at which meat, fish, or other food is grilled over an open fire or on an appliance.
- an appliance or rack for grilling food at a barbecue.
v.
(barbecues, barbecuing, barbecued)
cook (food) on a barbecue.
Etymology
C17 (in the sense ‘wooden framework for storing meat or fish to be dried’): from Sp. barbacoa, perh. from Arawak barbacoa ‘wooden frame on posts’.
