barbeque

See also: bar-be-que

English

Noun

barbeque (countable and uncountable, plural barbeques)

1. Alternative spelling of barbecue (“apparatus for grilling; cookout (event); meat cooked by barbecuing”)
   • 2004, Robert Elmer, chapter 4, in The Duet: A Novel, Colorado Springs, Colo.: WaterBrook Press, →ISBN, page 28:

     She dipped her finger in a steaming portable spa and inhaled the heavenly scent of fair food, from slow-roasted barbeque beef sandwiches at the Young Life booth to Bavarian bratwurst at the Mount Baker Barbershop Singers’ grill.

   • 2020, Abi Daré, The Girl With The Louding Voice, Sceptre, page 152:

     ‘This will be slaughtered for barbeque meat and beef stew on Sunday.’

Verb

barbeque (third-person singular simple present barbeques, present participle barbequing or barbequeing, simple past and past participle barbequed)

1. Alternative spelling of barbecue