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roast up en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (slang, transitive) To make fun of; ridicule severely or insultingly.
    • She wouldn't follow instructions so they roasted her up coming off the plane.
  2. (transitive) To cook by roasting.
    • For Thanksgiving, I'll roast up a turkey.
  3. (transitive) To roast fully or completely.
    • Then I took another big cast iron pot and put it on the fire. Into this I put some unground cholai and roasted it up good. 2011, Joseph S. Alter, Knowing Dil Das: Stories of a Himalayan Hunter, page 119:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
roasting up Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
roasts up Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
roasted up Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
roasted up Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

slag off