Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A joint of meat for roasting which includes one or more ribs of the animal.
- noun A beating or drubbing; a cudgeling.
- To beat soundly; cudgel; thrash.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb Slang To beat soundly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
cut ofbeef from the mainrib . - verb slang, dated To
beat soundly.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a cut of meat (beef or venison) including more than one rib and the meat located along the outside of the ribs
Etymologies
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rib + roast
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Examples
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At once I became transmewed and she, picking up a staff began to ribroast me right mercilessly and well nigh killed me.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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Well, the slice and veg joint’s well in its way, and so is a ribroast and jackknife as sporten dish, but home cooking every-time.
Finnegans Wake 2006
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