barbeque

/ˈbɑːr.bɪ.kjuː/

nounverbbar · be · que

Think: **BAR** + **BE** + **QUE** — you eat at the bar, you *be* there, then you say “**queue**” (Q) for food: BAR-BE-QUE.

Yes, it's barbeque. The tricky part is the ending: **-que** (sounds like “cue”), not **-cue** or **-q**.

Definitions

  1. nounA meal or gathering where food (especially meat) is cooked outdoors over a grill or open fire.
  2. nounThe grill or cooking method that uses heat and smoke to cook food.
  3. verbTo cook food outdoors on a grill or over an open fire, often with smoke and sauce.

Examples

  • “We had a backyard barbeque with burgers, corn, and watermelon.”
  • “Dad plans to barbeque chicken slowly so it stays tender.”
  • “The smell of barbeque drifted down the street and made everyone hungry.”

Synonyms

cookoutgrillbarbecueBBQoutdoor grilling

Translations

ES barbacoaPT churrascoFR barbecue

Common misspellings

barbeqbarbquebarbequeubarbecuebarbequeingbarbequedbarbeque'd

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