Ribroast

noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A cut of beef from the main rib.
Verb
  1. 1
    To beat up vigorously. dated, slang, transitive

    "That done, he rises, humbly bows, / And gives thanks for the princely blows; / Departs not meanly proud, and boasting / Of his magnificent rib-roasting"

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"That done, he rises, humbly bows, / And gives thanks for the princely blows; / Departs not meanly proud, and boasting / Of his magnificent rib-roasting"

Etymology

From rib + roast.

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like flies on a rib roast

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