Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

roast up

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.87 in modern English

Syllables: roast up
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make fun of; ridicule severely or insultingly.

Slang; Transitive verb

verb

To cook by roasting.

Transitive verb

verb

To roast fully or completely.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"She wouldn't follow instructions so they roasted her up coming off the plane."
"For Thanksgiving, I'll roast up a turkey."
"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."

Usage

Inflected Forms

roasts up (present, singular) roasting up (participle, present) roasted up (participle, past) roasted up (past)

Synonyms

slag off

Questions

What does roast up mean?: To make fun of; ridicule severely or insultingly.

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